vulnerability

Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2017-11225)

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 use after free 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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