CVE-2017-2991

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.194 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the h264 codec (related to decompression). Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 15, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-2991: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix