vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2017-2991: Critical: flash-plugin security update (RHSA-2017:0275)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 15, 2017
Added
Apr 18, 2017
Modified
Feb 19, 2026

Description

Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.194 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the h264 codec (related to decompression). Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Solution

redhat-upgrade-flash-plugin
Title
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