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CVE-2017-3001

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3001 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.221 and earlier, stemming from a flaw in the ActionScript 2 VM's garbage collection. This vulnerability affects a wide range of products, including those from Adobe, Apple, Google, Linux, and Microsoft. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), successful exploitation, which requires user interaction, could lead to arbitrary code execution, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 24.0.0.221CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*
<= 24.0.0.221CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:*
<= 24.0.0.221CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:*
<= 24.0.0.221CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0510 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-0:25.0.0.127-1.el6_8
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-3001Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-07

Mar 14, 2017

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0526.html
Third Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb17-07.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201703-02
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96861
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037994
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry