Adobe security bulletin APSB12-24 describes several security flaws that could cause Adobe Flash Player to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system: These updates resolve buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, CVE-2012-5277, CVE-2012-5280). These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2012-5279). These updates resolve a security bypass vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2012-5278).
External References: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-24.html
This issue has been addressed in following products: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Via RHSA-2012:1431 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1431.html