July's Patch Tuesday Brings Fixes to Flash Player, Edge, and IE

Patch Tuesday Brings Critical Security Fixes to Flash Player, Edge and Internet Explorer

Patch Tuesday brought in a number of software and security updates today, including fixes for some of Adobe's products. This month, Adobe has stock-still 54 security flaws in Flash Player, including bugs that are beingness exploited in the wild. Along with Adobe, Microsoft also released some important security updates to Cyberspace Explorer and its Edge browser.

Patch Tuesday brings more than fixes to Wink Player

Flash Actor, Acrobat, Reader, and XMP Toolkit for Java received security updates in today'south Patch Tuesday releases. Fixing several critical vulnerabilities affecting Windows, Bone X, Chrome Os, and Linux, users are brash to update to the latest version of the above products if they are non automatically updated. If you are using Flash Player, Adobe Wink Player version 22.0.0.209 and Flash Actor Extended Support Release 18.0.0.366 for Windows and Mac, and Adobe Flash Histrion for Linux 11.2.202.632 are the latest versions of Wink that have fixed some critical vulnerabilities. The same version (22.0.0.209) also resolves the issues in Chrome browser on Windows, OS X, Linux and Chrome OS, along with the Wink for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

This month'southward security patch has fixed several vulnerabilities in Flash, including:

• A race condition bug that could atomic number 82 to data disclosure (CVE-2016-4247)
• Memory leak vulnerability (CVE-2016-4232)
• Security bypass vulnerability leading to information disclosure (CVE-2016-4178)
• Type confusion flaw
• Employ-after-complimentary vulnerabilities
• Heap buffer overflow (CVE-2016-4249)
• Stack corruption (CVE-2016-4176, CVE-2016-4177)
• 33 retentiveness corruption vulnerabilities that could pb to lawmaking execution

Microsoft patches flaws in Net Explorer, Edge and Function

Patch Tuesday also brought in 11 security bulletins from Microsoft that aim to resolve multiple vulnerabilities, including a flaw that could offering remote code execution capabilities to an attacker on an affected car. Patches have been sent to Cyberspace Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Office, and JScript, VBScript, and .Cyberspace Framework.

Internet Explorer has received bug fixes for xv vulnerabilities, almost all rated critical. Microsoft has resolved multiple memory corruption, security featherbed, information disclosure, and browser spoofing vulnerabilities.

Microsoft's Border browser received 13 problems fixes today, once again many rated critical with loftier chances of being exploited in the wild. Not sure what happened to Microsoft'due south merits of Edge being the most secure browser, which is celebrating its first anniversary of initial public release this month. But, it's good to encounter these bugs being fixed timely. Both IE and Border were facing a disquisitional vulnerability that could allow attackers to execute code remotely on target machines.

The about severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An assaulter who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could gain the aforementioned user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an assaulter could take control of an affected organization. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete information; or create new accounts with total user rights.

Along with the now-popular Patch Tuesday releases for Flash Player and Microsoft'due south browsers, Office too received a patch for 7 vulnerabilities, including a remote code execution problems. Users are strongly advised to install these security updates as soon as they become bachelor in their regions. For more details, please visit Adobe and Microsoft.

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