Adobe Shockwave Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability (APSB17-40)
🗓️ 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APSB17-40 Security update available for Adobe Shockwave Player | 14 Nov 201700:00 | – | adobe | |
| The vulnerability of the multimedia platform Adobe Shockwave arises from an operation that goes beyond buffer boundaries in memory, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. | 6 Mar 201800:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Adobe Shockwave Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-00793) | 11 Dec 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2017-11294 | 9 Dec 201706:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-11294 | 9 Dec 201706:00 | – | cvelist | |
| KLA11134 ACE vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player | 14 Nov 201700:00 | – | kaspersky | |
| CVE-2017-11294 | 9 Dec 201706:29 | – | nvd | |
| CVE-2017-11294 | 9 Dec 201706:29 | – | osv | |
| Memory corruption | 9 Dec 201706:29 | – | prion | |
| Adobe Shockwave Player <= 12.2.9.199 Memory Corruption RCE (APSB17-40) | 16 Nov 201700:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| helpx | www.helpx.adobe.com/security/products/shockwave/apsb17-40.html |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/101836 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:adobe:shockwave_player";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.812092");
script_version("2025-09-19T15:40:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-11294");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-12-26 18:08:00 +0000 (Tue, 26 Dec 2017)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-11-16 11:32:08 +0530 (Thu, 16 Nov 2017)");
script_name("Adobe Shockwave Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability (APSB17-40)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Adobe Shockwave Player is prone to a memory corruption vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to some unspecified
memory corruption error.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow an attacker
to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected
application. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service
conditions.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Adobe Shockwave Player version 12.2.9.199
and earlier on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Adobe Shockwave Player version
12.3.1.201 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/shockwave/apsb17-40.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101836");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_adobe_shockwave_player_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Adobe/ShockwavePlayer/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE)) exit(0);
playerVer = infos["version"];
playerPath = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less_equal(version:playerVer, test_version:"12.2.9.199"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:playerVer, fixed_version:"12.3.1.201", install_path:playerPath);
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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19 Sep 2025 00:00Current
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Vulners AI Score9.6
CVSS 39.8
CVSS 210
EPSS0.08841