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CVE-2017-2938
Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.186 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability related to handling TCP connections.
Medium6.5EPSS 5.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- adobe
Description
Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.186 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability related to handling TCP connections.
Timeline
ID reserved
By adobe
- 40 days later
· 40 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.1% · top 7.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- Security Bypass
Affected products
Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.
- affected Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.
References (5)
- GLSA-201702-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 95341 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1037570 (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-2017-12079 (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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