Adobe Flash Player up to 24.0.0.186 SWF Metadata Parser memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 24.0.0.186. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component SWF Metadata Parser. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-2931. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 24.0.0.186 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SWF Metadata Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.186 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability related to the parsing of SWF metadata. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 01/10/2017. The weakness was disclosed 01/10/2017 by Google Security Research with Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs as APSB17-02 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-2931 since 12/02/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After 3 months, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96427 (openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-2017-71)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370278 (Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB17-02)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (41608), Tenable (96427) and SecurityFocus (BID 95350†). The entries VDB-95127, VDB-95128, VDB-95129 and VDB-95130 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 96427
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-2017-71)
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OpenVAS ID: 800035
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Security Updates( apsb17-02 )-Windows
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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB17-02
Researcher: Google Security Research
Organization: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2931 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2931
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95132

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SecurityFocus: 95350 - Adobe Flash Player APSB17-02 Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2931 - MS17-003 - Adobe - Flash Player - Memory Corruption Issue
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 01/11/2017 09:38
Updated: 04/20/2025 14:36
Changes: 01/11/2017 09:38 (85), 08/19/2020 15:15 (7), 10/28/2022 08:57 (3), 01/27/2025 10:14 (14), 04/20/2025 14:36 (6)
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