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CVE-2017-2981

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2981 describes a buffer over-read vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.3 and earlier. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), could allow an unauthenticated attacker to achieve information disclosure with low attack complexity. While the vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacks public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has received some community discussion and media coverage. Its EPSS score suggests a low likelihood of exploitation in the wild.

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 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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