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CVE-2017-11278

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11278 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.4 and earlier. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), allows for arbitrary code execution with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While the EPSS and FAUCET scores indicate some potential risk, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit modules available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited public awareness or active threat.

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

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
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 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/100244
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039100
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry