CVE-2017-11215

Publication date 9 December 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

An issue was discovered in Adobe Flash Player 27.0.0.183 and earlier versions. This vulnerability is an instance of a use after free vulnerability in the Primetime SDK. The mismatch between an old and a new object can provide an attacker with unintended memory access -- potentially leading to code corruption, control-flow hijack, or an information leak attack. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
adobe-flashplugin 17.10 artful
Fixed 1:20171114.1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
17.04 zesty
Fixed 1:20171114.1-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:20171114.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:20171114.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
flashplugin-nonfree 17.10 artful
Fixed 27.0.0.187ubuntu0.17.10.1
17.04 zesty
Fixed 27.0.0.187ubuntu0.17.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 27.0.0.187ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 27.0.0.187ubuntu0.14.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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