Adobe Releases 23 Security Updates for Flash Player
Sep 23, 2015
Adobe has released an important security bulletin that addresses a total of 23 Critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. The security fixes for Windows, Linux and Mac users address "critical [flaws] that could potentially allow [attackers] to take control of the affected system," the company warned in an advisory on Monday. Out of 23 critical flaws, 18 address issues that would have allowed attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code on affected machines and take over control of them. Critical Vulnerabilities These 18 security vulnerabilities, all deemed highly critical, are as follows: Type Confusion Vulnerability (CVE-2015-5573) Use-after-free flaws (CVE-2015-5570, CVE-2015-5574, CVE-2015-5581, CVE-2015-5584, and CVE-2015-6682) Buffer overflow bugs (CVE-2015-6676 and CVE-2015-6678) Memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to Remote Code Execution (CVE-2015-5575, CVE-2015-5577, CVE-2015-5578, CVE-2015-5580, CVE-2015-5582, CVE-2...