Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB12-22 Multiple Remote Security Vulnerabilities

Release date: 2012-10-08
Updated on:

Affected Systems:
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 55827
Cve id: CVE-2012-5248, CVE-2012-5249, CVE-2012-5250, CVE-2012-5251, CVE-2012-5252, CVE-2012-5253, CVE-2012-5254, CVE-2012-5255, CVE-2012-5256, CVE-2012-5257, CVE-2012-5258, CVE-2012-5259, CVE-2012-5260, CVE-2012-5261, CVE-2012-5262, CVE-2012-5263, CVE-2012-5266, CVE-2012-5267, CVE-2012-5268, CVE-2012-5269, CVE-2012-5270, CVE-2012-5271

Adobe Flash Player is an integrated multimedia Player. AIR is a technology developed based on the combination of network and desktop applications. It can control cloud programs on the network without having to use a browser.

Adobe Flash Player and AIR have multiple remote vulnerabilities. Attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code, resulting in denial of service and possibly control the affected system.

<* Source: Mateusz Jurczyk

Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-22.html
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

Adobe
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Adobe has released a Security Bulletin (apsb12-22) and patches for this:

Apsb12-22: Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

Link: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-22.html