CVE-2017-11225 — Use After Free in Adobe Flash Player

CWE-416 — Use After Free9 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
5.8%
top 9.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Adobe Flash PlayerRedhat Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat Enterprise Linux Server+1 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 9
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An issue was discovered in Adobe Flash Player 27.0.0.183 and earlier versions. This vulnerability is an instance of a use after free vulnerability in the Primetime SDK metadata functionality. The mismatch between an old and a new object can provide an attacker with unintended memory access -- potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or an information leak attack. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDadobe/flash_player27.0.0.183

Patches

Patch: helpx.adobe.com ↗Patch: helpx.adobe.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-q7r5-p629-gmc5: An issue was discovered in Adobe Flash Player 27↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-11225: An issue was discovered in Adobe Flash Player 27↗2017-12-09
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CVEList
CVE-2017-11225: An issue was discovered in Adobe Flash Player 27↗2017-12-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
chromium-browser: use-after-free in flash↗2018-03-06
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Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-33↗2017-11-14
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Zscaler
Zscaler protects against 40 new vulnerabilities for Adobe Fl↗
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6059 chromium-browser: use-after-free in flash↗2018-03-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-11213 CVE-2017-11215 CVE-2017-11225 CVE-2017-3112 CVE-2017-3114 flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-33↗2017-11-14
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