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CVE-2014-0556: Adobe Flash Player: Buffer overflow

CVE-2014-0556 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

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.249 on Windows and OS X and before 15.0.0.252 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.249, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.249 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0559.

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 13.0.0.241; 13.0.0.182; 13.0.0.201; 13.0.0.206; 13.0.0.214; 13.0.0.223; 13.0.0.231; 14.0.0.125; 14.0.0.145; 14.0.0.176; 14.0.0.179; 15.0.0.144
  • Adobe Air Sdk: up to and including 14.0.0.178; 13.0.0.83; 13.0.0.111; 14.0.0.110; 14.0.0.137
  • Adobe Air: up to and including 14.0.0.179; 13.0.0.83; 13.0.0.111; 14.0.0.110; 14.0.0.137; up to and including 14.0.0.178

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