Flash Player ActiveX 27.0.0.170 - Crashing Internet Explorer

Greetings;

Back in mid-October 2017 timeframe, we deployed Flash Player 27.0.0.170 to our enterprise workstation environment to address a critical finding as part of

APSB17-32. Shortly thereafter we began to receive reports of Internet Explorer crashing when visiting sites running Flash content. This occurred with all workstation operating systems we support (Windows 7, 8.1 and 10).

Around the time that the issue became apparent, version 27.0.0.183 was introduced. Hopeful that this version would resolve the issues that .170 introduced, I attempted to place .183 on an affected machine to no avail and the issue persisted. The only mitigation for the issue at this time is to make 27.0.0.130 (the previous version we had in production) available for affected users to reinstall it - I'm hesitant to roll back the entire enterprise due to the severity of the vulnerability that update addresses.

Any feedback or guidance anyone can share regarding update .170 (and beyond)? Not sure if what I'm encountering is an internal IE specific configuration issue, or if others are encountering something similar elsewhere. As is stands now, I'm stuck without the ability to move beyond .130 at this point.