Posted on 03/11/2016 5:46:01 PM PST by Utilizer
Adobe has issued patches for 21 serious flaws in its Flash Player software to address critical vulnerabilities that could potentially allow attackers to take control of victims' systems.
The vulnerabilities affect versions of Flash for Microsoft Windows, Apple OS X and iOS, Linux and Google's ChromeOS operating systems, Adobe said.
Of the vulnerabilities, three allow arbitrary code execution through integer overflows, and 11 involve use-after-free flaws.
Researchers from Google's Project Zero, HP Enterprise Zero Day Initiative, NSFOCUS, Microsoft, Kaspersky, Tencent and Venustech also discovered a heap underflow vulnerability in Adobe Flash and eight memory corruption bugs - all of which allow attackers to run code remotely.
Microsoft rates the vulnerabilities as critical, affecting 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10.
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LOL
How is Flash not dead yet when Apple, Google, and Microsoft are trying to kill it off?
If they want to kill it off, why not build products that can play Flash files?
Lol :)
“How is Flash not dead yet when Apple, Google, and Microsoft are trying to kill it off?”
DOD uses enough Flash to keep it going for the next 50 years.
Thanks to Utilizer for the ping!!
My computer installed a Windows update for this the other day plus Firefox said it was in need of updating which I did but FF still says I need to update. I have the latest.
One of the statements from the article-”Microsoft rates the vulnerabilities as critical, affecting 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10.”
Is Adobe Flash safe on Wondows 7?
No. Get the latest Flash here: https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Installing Flash for one browser may not install it for your other browsers. Check each browser here:
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
List of programs affected by this latest vulnerability:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-08.html
Conservatives always assert their white privilege, and use racist blacklisting against sites of color. /s
Thanks, I’ll download and install the new one.
bttt
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