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Security update for Adobe AIR (CVE-2015-5118)

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Security update for Adobe AIR (CVE-2015-5118)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/09/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/11/2015
Modified
09/11/2015

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.302 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.481 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 18.0.0.180, Adobe AIR SDK before 18.0.0.180, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 18.0.0.180 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3135 and CVE-2015-4432.

Solution(s)

  • adobe-air-upgrade-latest

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