CVE•Published 2017-03-14•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-2998Adobe · Flash_player
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.221 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the Primetime TVSDK API functionality related to timeline interactions. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Timeline
Published 2017-03-14
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2017-2998Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Adobe Flash Player"All exposed Adobe Flash Player instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Flash Player"HTTP body or banner mentions "Flash Player" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2017-2998Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2017-2998Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2017-2998Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2017-2998GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2017-2998" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.