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title: "CVE-2017-11292\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-11292

Publication date 22 October 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11292?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| adobe-flashplugin | 17.10 artful | Fixed 1:20171016.1-0ubuntu1 |
| 17.04 zesty | Fixed 1:20171016.1-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1:20171016.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:20171016.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| flashplugin-nonfree | 17.10 artful | Fixed 27.0.0.170ubuntu1 |
| 17.04 zesty | Fixed 27.0.0.170ubuntu0.17.04.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 27.0.0.170ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 27.0.0.170ubuntu0.14.04.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11292)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11292)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-11292)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11292)

### Other references

* <http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039582>
* <https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-32.html>
* <https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-22>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11292>
* <https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog>