Adobe Security Bulletin

Security update available for Shockwave Player | APSB17-40

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB17-40

November 14, 2017

2

Summary

Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Shockwave Player for Windows. This update resolves a critical memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution. 

Affected product version

Product

Version

Platform

Adobe Shockwave Player

12.2.9.199 and earlier

Windows

Solution

Adobe categorizes this update with the following priority rating and recommends users update their installation to the newest version by following the instructions below:

Product

Version

Platform

Priority rating

Availability

Adobe Shockwave Player

12.3.1.201

Windows

2

Note:

Adobe recommends users of Adobe Shockwave Player 12.2.9.199 and earlier versions for Windows update to Adobe Shockwave Player 12.3.1.201 by visiting the Adobe Shockwave Player Download Center

Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVE Number

Memory Corruption

Remote Code Execution

Critical

CVE-2017-11294

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank Honggang Ren of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.

 Adobe

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