CVE-2017-3068 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in the Advanced Video Coding engine of Adobe Flash Player versions 25.0.0.148 and earlier, impacting products across Adobe, Apple, Google, Linux, Microsoft, and Red Hat. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an out-of-bounds read exploit exists on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness and potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 25.0.0.163CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 25.0.0.148CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:* | ||
<= 25.0.0.148CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:* | ||
<= 25.0.0.148CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:* | ||
<= 25.0.0.148CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.