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CVE-2017-3078

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3078 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in the Adobe Texture Format (ATF) module of Adobe Flash Player versions 25.0.0.171 and earlier, affecting products from Adobe, Apple, Google, Linux, and Microsoft. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows for unauthenticated, low-complexity remote arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, public exploit code exists (EDB-42249), and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 25.0.0.171CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:*
<= 25.0.0.171CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:*
<= 25.0.0.171CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*
<= 25.0.0.171CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
30.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42249 · Jun 23, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3089 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:26.0.0.126-1.el6_9
View patch
adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-3078Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-17

Jun 13, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1439
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb17-17.html
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201707-15
exploit-db.com / exploits/42249
securityfocus.com / bid/99025
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038655