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CVE-2017-11274

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11274 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.4 and earlier. This flaw allows for arbitrary code execution with a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:digital_editions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
8.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0872 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb17-27.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100194
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039100
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry