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CVE-2017-11281

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11281 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions 26.0.0.151 and earlier, impacting various operating systems and products from Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows for unauthenticated, remote arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its widespread awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 26.0.0.151CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 26.0.0.151CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*
<= 26.0.0.151CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:*
<= 26.0.0.151CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
33.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42781 · Sep 25, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3388 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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-0:27.0.0.130-1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-11281Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-28

Sep 12, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2702
Third Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb17-28.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201709-16
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/42781
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/42782
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
youtube.com / watch
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100710
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039314
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry