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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-0997): flashplugin-nonfree vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-0997): flashplugin-nonfree vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/12/2016
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.333 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.182 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.577 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 21.0.0.176, Adobe AIR SDK before 21.0.0.176, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 21.0.0.176 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0987, CVE-2016-0988, CVE-2016-0990, CVE-2016-0991, CVE-2016-0994, CVE-2016-0995, CVE-2016-0996, CVE-2016-0998, CVE-2016-0999, and CVE-2016-1000.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-adobe-flashplugin
  • ubuntu-upgrade-flashplugin-nonfree

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