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Adobe Flash Player: APSB16-29 (CVE-2016-4278): Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

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Adobe Flash Player: APSB16-29 (CVE-2016-4278): Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/13/2016
Modified
12/28/2022

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4271 and CVE-2016-4277.

Solution(s)

  • adobe-flash-upgrade-11-2-202-635-linux
  • adobe-flash-upgrade-18-0-0-375-macosx
  • adobe-flash-upgrade-18-0-0-375-windows
  • adobe-flash-upgrade-23-0-0-162-macosx
  • adobe-flash-upgrade-23-0-0-162-windows

References

  • CVE-2016-4278

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