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title: "CVE-2017-2937\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-2937

Publication date 11 January 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-2017-2937?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.186 and earlier have an exploitable use
after free vulnerability in the ActionScript FileReference class, when
using class inheritance. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary
code execution.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| adobe-flashplugin | 16.10 yakkety | Fixed 1:20170110.1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1:20170110.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:20170110.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:20170110.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| flashplugin-nonfree | 16.10 yakkety | Fixed 24.0.0.194ubuntu0.16.10.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 24.0.0.194ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 24.0.0.194ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 24.0.0.194ubuntu0.12.04.1 |

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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-2017-2937)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2937)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-2937)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2937)

### Other references

* <https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-02.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2937>