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CVE-2014-0536: Adobe Flash Player: Memory corruption

CVE-2014-0536 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Adobe Flash Player. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.223 and 14.x before 14.0.0.125 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.378 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 14.0.0.110, Adobe AIR SDK before 14.0.0.110, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 14.0.0.110 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Underlying weakness

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

Affected products

Adobe Flash Player: up to and including 11.2.202.359; up to and including 13.0.0.214; 13.0.0.182; 13.0.0.201; 13.0.0.206
Adobe Air Sdk: up to and including 13.0.0.111; 13.0.0.83
Adobe Air: up to and including 13.0.0.111; 13.0.0.83