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SUSE: CVE-2016-7855: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-7855: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/27/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/28/2016
Modified
05/03/2022

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 23.0.0.205 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.643 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in October 2016.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-flash-player
  • suse-upgrade-flash-player-gnome

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