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

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities

1. An integer overflow, memory corruption and use-after-free vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code;
2. An improper updates handling can be exploited remotely to obtain sensitive information.

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 23.0.0.162
Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release versions earlier than 18.0.0.375
Adobe Flash Player for Linux versions earlier than 11.2.202.635

Update to the latest version
Get Flash Player

The following public exploits exists for this vulnerability:

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40421

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