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Adobe Flash Player: APSB16-32 (CVE-2016-6983): Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

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Adobe Flash Player: APSB16-32 (CVE-2016-6983): Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/08/2016
Modified
11/21/2022

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.382 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.185 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.637 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, and CVE-2016-6990.

Solution(s)

  • adobe-flash-upgrade-11-2-202-637-linux
  • adobe-flash-upgrade-18-0-0-382-macosx
  • adobe-flash-upgrade-18-0-0-382-windows
  • adobe-flash-upgrade-23-0-0-185-macosx
  • adobe-flash-upgrade-23-0-0-185-windows

References

  • CVE-2016-6983

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