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CVE-2014-0556

Published: Sep 10, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
10.0CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
84.3%
Top 0.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

Adobe Systems Inc.
commercial·USaka adobe
flash playerDesktop App
Consumer Software / media-player
adobe air sdk
Consumer Software
adobe airLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Adobe Pepper Flash для Google Chrome
Consumer Software
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/09/exploiting-cve-2014-0556-in-flash.html
googleprojectzero.blogspot.com
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-21.html
helpx.adobe.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org
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