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Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2017-11213)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 9, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

An out-of-bounds access vulnerability has been discovered in flashplugin before 27.0.0.187 leading to arbitrary code execution when playing a specially crafted SWF file.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest

References

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