Adobe Releases Security Update to Patch 25 Holes in Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates for Flash Player 11.4.402.278 and earlier Windows variants, Flash Player 11.2.202.238 and previous versions for Linux, and Flash Player 11.4.402.265 and earlier versions for Macintosh. Similar patches have also been made available for the products running on Android 2.x, 3.x and 4.x.

Users are advised to immediately apply these updates because they address a number of 25 vulnerabilities, some of which could be leveraged by an attacker to take control of the impacted systems.

Security updates for Adobe AIR have also been made available by the company and Microsoft has released an Internet Explorer 10 patch to address some issues caused by Flash Player.

According to journalist Brian Krebs, Adobe representatives claim that for the time being, the company isn’t aware of any exploit in the wild leveraging these security holes.

Adobe Flash Player is available for download here