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CVE-2017-3079

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3079 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in 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, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with no user interaction, allowing for arbitrary code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its potential for future 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
6.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0699 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-2017-3079Critical

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
securityfocus.com / bid/99025
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038655