Adobe fixes just one of two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in Flash Player

Emergency updates for Flash Player released Thursday fix a vulnerability that is actively exploited by attackers, but leave a separate one unpatched.

Adobe Systems released Flash Player 16.0.0.287 for Windows and Mac, Flash Player 11.2.202.438 for Linux and Flash Player Extended Support Release 13.0.0.262. These updates address a vulnerability identified in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database as CVE-2015-0310.

Adobe is aware of an exploit for this vulnerability “in the wild” being used to attack older versions of Flash Player, the company said in a security advisory.

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