CVE-2017-11292highunder attackCWE-843

CVE-2017-11292: high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player version 27.0.0.159 and…

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56Vexday Risk Score

Prioritize patching. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA.

ssvc Actcvss 8.8epss 12%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDOct 21
CISA KEV+1594d
What the vendors declare (VEX)

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Fixed
3 products
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) · Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) · Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2022-03-24

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

In short

Adobe Flash Player has a flaw in how it checks bytecode that allows attackers to use wrong values when calculating array positions, which can lead to running malicious code on your computer.

Technical detail

CVE-2017-11292 involves insufficient bytecode verification in Adobe Flash Player ≤27.0.0.159, permitting untrusted values to be used in array index calculations, resulting in type confusion that can be exploited for arbitrary code execution. Attack vector requires opening a malicious SWF file; no privilege escalation needed.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.

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Adobe Flash Player version 27.0.0.159 and earlier has a flawed bytecode verification procedure, which allows for an untrusted value to be used in the calculation of an array index. This can lead to type confusion, and successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H