Arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player

Description

Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

1. A use-after-free vulnerability related to masking display objects can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code;
2. Memory corruption vulnerabilities in the Advanced Video Coding engine, in the BlendMode, Convolution filter, BitmapData, Graphics classes can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code;
3. A memory corruption vulnerability related to hadling of multiple mask properties of display objects can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code.

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Technical details

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

Original advisories

• Adobe security bulletin

Exploitation

Public exploits exist for this vulnerability.

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

Related products

• Adobe-Flash-Player-ActiveX
• Adobe-Flash-Player-NPAPI
• Adobe-Flash-Player-PPAPI

CVE list

• CVE-2017-3068
  critical
• CVE-2017-3069
  critical
• CVE-2017-3070
  critical
• CVE-2017-3071
  critical
• CVE-2017-3072
  critical
• CVE-2017-3073
  critical
• CVE-2017-3074
  critical

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