Adobe Flash Player For Mac <= 29.0.0.113 (apsb18-08)

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Security updates available for Flash Player APSB18-08
Bulletin IDDate PublishedPriority
APSB18-08April 10, 20182

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome OS. These updates address critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.113 and earlier versions. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

ProductVersionPlatform
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime29.0.0.113 and earlier versionsWindows, Macintosh and Linux
Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome29.0.0.113 and earlier versionsWindows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome OS
Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 1129.0.0.113 and earlier versionsWindows 10 and 8.1

To verify the version of Adobe Flash Player installed on your system, access the About Flash Player page, or right- click on content running in Flash Player and select 'About Adobe (or Macromedia) Flash Player' from the menu. If you use multiple browsers, perform the check for each browser you have installed on your system.

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the latest version:

ProductVersionPlatformPriorityAvailability
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime29.0.0.140Windows, Macintosh2
Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome29.0.0.140Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Chrome OS 2Google Chrome Releases
Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 1129.0.0.140Windows 10 and 8.12Microsoft Security Advisory
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime29.0.0.140Linux3Flash Player Download Center

Note:

  • Adobe recommends users of the Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime for Windows, Macintosh and Linux update to Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.140 via the update mechanism within the product [1] or by visiting the Adobe Flash Player Download Center.
  • Adobe Flash Player installed with Google Chrome will be automatically updated to the latest Google Chrome version, which will include Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.140 for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome OS.
  • Adobe Flash Player installed with Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 10 and 8.1 will be automatically updated to the latest version, which will include Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.140.
  • Please visit the Flash Player Help page for assistance in installing Flash Player.

[1] Users who have selected the option to 'Allow Adobe to install updates' will receive the update automatically. Users who do not have the 'Allow Adobe to install updates' option enabled can install the update via the update mechanism within the product when prompted.

Vulnerability CategoryVulnerability ImpactSeverityCVE Number
Use-After-FreeRemote Code ExecutionCriticalCVE-2018-4932
Out-of-bounds read Information Disclosure Important CVE-2018-4933
Out-of-bounds read Information Disclosure
Important
CVE-2018-4934
Out-of-bounds write Remote Code Execution Critical CVE-2018-4935
Heap Overflow Information Disclosure Important CVE-2018-4936
Out-of-bounds writeRemote Code Execution
Critical CVE-2018-4937

Adobe would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

  • Mateusz Jurczyk and Natalie Silvanovich of Google Project Zero (CVE-2018-4936, CVE-2018-4935, CVE-2018-4934, CVE-2018-4937)
  • willJ of Tencent PC Manager (CVE-2018-4933)
  • Lin Wang of Beihang University (CVE-2018-4932)
Adobe has released Flash Player 29.0.0.140 for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome OS. These updates includes stability improvements and also address multiple critical-risk vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
Adobe recommends users update their product installations to the latest versions:
  • Users of Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.113 and earlier versions for Firefox (Windows) should update to Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.140
  • Users of Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime 29.0.0.113 and earlier versions for Macintosh should update to Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.140
  • Adobe Flash Player installed with Google Chrome will be automatically updated to the current version.
  • Adobe Flash Player installed for Internet Explorer on Windows 8.1 will be automatically updated to the current version.
  • Adobe Flash Player installed for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 will be automatically updated to the current version.
  • Users of Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime 29.0.0.113 and earlier versions for Linux should update to Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.140

Flash Player 29

Adobe Flash Player 29 drives innovation for rich, engaging digital experiences with new features for cross-platform browser-based viewing of expressive rich internet applications, content, and videos across devices. This release provides access to the Flash Player 29 runtime for Windows desktop, Mac OS, iOS and Android environments.

What's new in Flash Player 29

Adobe Flash Player 29 includes the following new features:
For a full list of features in Flash Player and AIR, including features introduced in previous releases, please review the document here.
  • New SoftKeyboard Types for Android & iOS
  • Geolocation Permission on iOS
  • Media AutoPlay for Android and iOS
  • Android SDK Upgrade
  • Combined Windows 32-bit and 64-bit AIR SDK
  • Enhanced Profile on AIR Desktop
  • Vertex Texture Fetch on AIR Desktop
  • Application of HIDPI Scaling to non-client areas
  • AIR Desktop - Ability to disable/enable vsync on the fly
  • AIR Desktop-Increase GPU memory Limits
  • AIR Desktop-Increase in Texture Limit (Beta Only)

Download Flash Player 29.0.0.140

The following downloads provide the Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.140 installers for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Download the files appropriate for you:
Adobe Flash Player Installer (Credit: Adobe)

Security fixes:

This release contains the following security fixes:
  • Fixed use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution (CVE-2018-4932)
  • Fixed out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2018-4933)
  • Fixed out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2018-4934)
  • Fixed out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution (CVE-2018-4935)
  • Fixed heap overflow vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2018-4936)
  • Fixed out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution (CVE-2018-4937)

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