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CVE-2017-2938 — Adobe Flash Player versions 24

Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.186 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability related to handling TCP connections.

CVSS

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EPSS

2.00% (top 16.50%)

CWE

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Published

2017-01-11T04:40:00.000Z

Last modified

2024-08-05T14:09:17.798Z

CVSS vector

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01What is this vulnerability?

Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.186 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability related to handling TCP connections.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.	Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

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No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-20
helpx.adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-02.html
rhn.redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0057.html
www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95341
www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037570

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