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FreeBSD: VID-2482C798-93C6-11E6-846F-BC5FF4FB5EA1 (CVE-2016-6982): flash -- multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-2482C798-93C6-11E6-846F-BC5FF4FB5EA1 (CVE-2016-6982): flash -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/14/2016
Modified
11/21/2022

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-linux-c6-flashplugin
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-linux-c6_64-flashplugin
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-linux-c7-flashplugin
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-linux-f10-flashplugin

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