A vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Package | www-plugins/adobe-flash on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 27.0.0.170 |
Unaffected versions | >= 27.0.0.170 |
The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the SWF file format, which is commonly used to provide interactive websites.
A critical type confusion vulnerability was discovered in Adobe Flash Player.
A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-27.0.0.170"
Release date
October 22, 2017
Latest revision
October 22, 2017: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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