Malicious entities are trying to get into your computer in any way that they can. If they can’t find “holes” in the Operating System then they will attack the browsers or any third party program that is used by/in/through the browser. You must keep all browsers and third party (non-Microsoft) programs up to date. Here are the latest updates for the past month of August 2015.
Key: 1) Identifier 2) Vendor/Product 3) Product Version Affected 4) Date Released by Vendor 5) Vulnerability Info 6) Severity/Recommendation
APSB15-19
Adobe Flash
Win/Mac 18.0.0.209 and earlier
ES 13.0.0.309 and earlier
Linux 11.2.202.491 and earlier
8/11/2015
Arbitrary Code Execution
Critical: Priority 1/ Upgrade within 72 hours
APSB15-19
Adobe Air
Win/Mac 18.0.0.180
8/11/2015
Arbitrary Code Execution
Critical: Priority 3/ Update at admin’s discretion
7.7.8
QuickTime
Before 7.7.8
8/20/2015
Arbitrary Code Execution, Denial of Service
Update as soon as possible
8.0.8/7.1.8/6.2.8
Apple Safari
Before 8.08/7.1.8/6.2.8
8/13/2015
Arbitrary Code Execution, Denial of Service, Spoofing, Security Bypass, Information Disclosure
Update as soon as possible
40/ESR38.2
Mozilla Firefox
Before 40/ESR38.2
8/11/2015
Arbitrary Code Execution, Denial of Service, Privilege Escalation, Security Bypass
Update as soon as possible
Best wishes,
Randy Knowles