Adobe has issued a security update for its Shockwave Player to address critical security issues in the popular media player. The company published APSB11-27 on Tuesday, providing fixes for four memory corruption vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities, if left unfixed, could allow remote attackers to run malicious code on Mac and Windows systems with Shockwave installed. Shockwave is a much-targeted platform by malicious hackers because it runs on many systems that seek out rich media online and runs on systems with rich media.
Source: https://threatpost.com/adobe-patches-shockwave-player-110811/75870/