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Adobe Flash Player: APSB17-04 (CVE-2017-2991): Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

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Adobe Flash Player: APSB17-04 (CVE-2017-2991): Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/14/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/13/2017
Modified
11/21/2022

Description

Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.194 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the h264 codec (related to decompression). Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • adobe-flash-upgrade-24-0-0-221-linux
  • adobe-flash-upgrade-24-0-0-221-macosx
  • adobe-flash-upgrade-24-0-0-221-windows

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