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CVE-2017-2977

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2977 describes a buffer over-read vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.3 and earlier. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) could lead to information disclosure if successfully exploited, with an attacker potentially triggering it remotely without user interaction. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the vulnerability was addressed by Adobe and covered by media outlets.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.5.3CPE 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:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0344 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb17-05.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96195
securitytracker.com / id/1037816