The patches released Tuesday follow Adobe's new security update cycle. Shockwave Player is not as popular as Flash Player, but according to Adobe, it still has a user base of more than 450 million. The new version addresses two critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to run malicious code on the underlying systems. New versions of Flash Player 10 have also been released for Windows, Mac and Linux in order to accommodate users who, for whatever reason, cannot upgrade to Flash Player 11.Īdobe AIR, a cross-platform runtime system for rich Internet applications, and the Adobe AIR SDK (Software Development Kit) have also received updates because they bundle Flash Player.Īdobe has a list of the new Flash Player and Adobe AIR version numbers for each specific platform in the 'Solution' section of its APSB13-05 security advisory.Īdobe Shockwave Player, which is required for displaying some online content such as 3D games, product demonstrations, simulations and e-learning courses created with Adobe's Director software, has been updated to version 12.0.0.112 for the Windows and Mac platforms.
