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CVE-2017-2931

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2931 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.186 and earlier, stemming from improper SWF metadata parsing, affecting products from Adobe, Apple, Google, Linux, and Microsoft. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-exploitable flaw requiring user interaction, with potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an out-of-bounds read exploit (EDB-41608) exists, and it garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure. Although no Metasploit or Nuclei modules are publicly available, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100 underscores its severe potential.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 24.0.0.186CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*
<= 24.0.0.186CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:*
<= 24.0.0.186CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:*
<= 24.0.0.186CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
21.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41608 · Mar 15, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2114 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 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, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:24.0.0.194-1.el6_8
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-2931Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-02

Jan 10, 2017

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0057.html
Third Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb17-02.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201702-20
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/41608
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/95350
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037570
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry