CVE-2017-2999

Publication date 14 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.221 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the Primetime TVSDK functionality related to hosting playback surface. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
adobe-flashplugin	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 25.0.0.127ubuntu0.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 25.0.0.127ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 25.0.0.127ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 25.0.0.127ubuntu0.12.04.1

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

CVE-2017-2999

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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