{"id":39944,"date":"2017-02-20T09:43:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T15:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=39944"},"modified":"2017-02-24T10:46:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T16:46:37","slug":"adobe-releases-critical-security-update-for-flash-player-on-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/39944-adobe-releases-critical-security-update-for-flash-player-on-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Adobe Releases &#8216;Critical&#8217; Security Update for Flash Player on Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-39945\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Adobe-Flash-250x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Adobe-Flash-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Adobe-Flash-250x250-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Adobe-Flash-250x250-190x190.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Adobe-Flash-250x250-120x120@2x.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>In order to address <a href=\"https:\/\/helpx.adobe.com\/security\/products\/flash-player\/apsb17-04.html\">critical&nbsp;vulnerabilities<\/a> that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the&nbsp;affected system, Adobe has released a security update for its Flash player.<\/p>\n<p>The company issued the update last week for systems including <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/Apple_Systems\/Used\/Macs_and_Tablets\">Mac<\/a>, Windows, Linux and Chrome OS. If your Mac has version 24.0.0.194 or earlier, you should install the update as soon as possible. The update can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/get.adobe.com\/flashplayer\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adobe notes, <i>&#8220;Users&nbsp;of Flash Player 11.2.x or later for Windows, or Flash Player 11.3.x or later&nbsp;for Macintosh, who have selected the option to &#8216;Allow Adobe to install updates&#8217;&nbsp;will receive the update automatically. Users who do not have the &#8216;Allow Adobe&nbsp;to install updates&#8217; option enabled can install the update via the update&nbsp;mechanism within the product when prompted.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The update details include type confusion, integer overflow and use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution, as well as buffer overflow and memory corruption vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>As MacRumors has pointed out, macOS Sierra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/06\/14\/safari-macos-sierra-plugins-disabled-default\/\">disables Adobe Flash<\/a> by default.<\/p>\n<p>For full details on the update, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/helpx.adobe.com\/security\/products\/flash-player\/apsb17-04.html\">helpx.adobe.com\/security\/products\/flash-player\/apsb17-04.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Further Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Adobe Creative Cloud 2015 and OS X El Capitan\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/33321-adobe-creative-cloud-2015-and-os-x-el-capitan\" rel=\"bookmark\">Adobe Creative Cloud 2015 and OS X El Capitan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"A Look at Adobe Creative Cloud 2017 Improvements\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/38595-a-look-at-adobe-creative-cloud-2017-improvements\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Look at Adobe Creative Cloud 2017 Improvements<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to address critical&nbsp;vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the&nbsp;affected system, Adobe has released a security update for its Flash player. 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