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CVE-2017-2935

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2935 is a critical heap overflow vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.186 and earlier, impacting products from Adobe, Apple, Google, Linux, and Microsoft. This vulnerability, triggered by processing Flash Video container files, has a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-41612) exists, and it garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time, though it is now considered inactive.

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
29.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41612 · Mar 15, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2991 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 14,852 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-2017-2935Critical

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/41612
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/95347
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037570
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry