CVE-2017-2927 Memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.

What is CVE-2017-2927?

CVE-2017-2927 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 11 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.186 and earlier have an exploitable heap overflow vulnerability when processing Adobe Texture Format files. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2927?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Adobe Flash Player.

How do I fix CVE-2017-2927?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-2927 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2927 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player

• CVE-2017-11292 Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7892 Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7855 Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0497 Adobe Flash Player Integer Underflow Vulnerablity Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-0643 Adobe Flash Player Incorrect Default Permissions Exploited High 8.8

All Adobe Flash Player vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c239-qf7q-p29h, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2927.