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Adobe Flash Player: APSB18-03 (CVE-2018-4877): Security updates available for Flash Player | APSB18-03

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Adobe Flash Player: APSB18-03 (CVE-2018-4877): Security updates available for Flash Player | APSB18-03

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/06/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/06/2018
Modified
05/05/2019

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161. This vulnerability occurs due to a dangling pointer in the Primetime SDK related to media player's quality of service functionality. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • adobe-flash-upgrade-28-0-0-161-linux
  • adobe-flash-upgrade-28-0-0-161-macosx
  • adobe-flash-upgrade-28-0-0-161-windows

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