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CVE-2017-3068

45
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
20.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42017 · May 17, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2035 is in the 97th 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 (2)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:25.0.0.171-1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-3068Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-15

May 9, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1219
Third Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb17-15.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201705-12
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42017
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/98349
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038427
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry