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Security update for Adobe AIR (CVE-2015-5119)

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Security update for Adobe AIR (CVE-2015-5119)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/08/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/11/2015
Modified
05/03/2022

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ByteArray class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0.296 and 14.x through 18.0.0.194 on Windows and OS X and 11.x through 11.2.202.468 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted Flash content that overrides a ValueOf function, as exploited in the wild in July 2015.

Solution(s)

  • adobe-air-upgrade-latest

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