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CVE-2017-11215

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11215 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 27.0.0.183 and earlier, specifically within the Primetime SDK. This flaw affects products from Adobe, Apple, Google, Linux, Microsoft, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it allows for arbitrary code execution with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 27.0.0.183CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 27.0.0.183CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0608 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:27.0.0.187-1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-11215Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-33

Nov 14, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:3222
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb17-33.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201711-13
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/101837
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039778
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry