CVE-2017-11225
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…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 6.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By adobe
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.1% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
Adobe Flash Player 27.0.0.183 and earlier versions
- affected Adobe Flash Player 27.0.0.183 and earlier versions
References
5
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-33.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3222 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201711-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 101837 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1039778 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-2859 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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