Multiple type confusion and use-after-free vulnerabilities were found in Adobe Flash Player. By exploiting these vulnerabilities malicious users can execute arbitrary code. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely.

Technical details

To update Adobe Flash Player ActiveX (detected as Flash.ocx) on Windows 8 and higher, install latest updates from Control Panel

Adobe Flash Player versions earlier than 23.0.0.207
Adobe Flash Player for Linux versions earlier than 11.2.202.644

Update to the latest version. If you have Flash Player ESR migrate to the current Flash Player release.
Adobe Flash Player download page

Adobe advisory
Adobe Flash Player ESR end of support announcement

Malware exists for this vulnerability. Usually such malware is classified as Exploit. More details.