CVE-2017-2938

Publication date 11 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

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

Status

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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

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

Base metrics

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

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

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