CVE-2017-3078 Memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player 25.0.0.171 and earlier.

What is CVE-2017-3078?

CVE-2017-3078 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 20 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Adobe Flash Player versions 25.0.0.171 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the Adobe Texture Format (ATF) module. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3078?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Adobe Flash Player.

How do I fix CVE-2017-3078?

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-2017-3078 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-3078 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-xw35-x29w-q9gx, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3078.