CVE-2014-0540

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2014-08-12
Bugzilla:
1129417: CVE-2014-0538 CVE-2014-0540 CVE-2014-0541 CVE-2014-0542 CVE-2014-0543 CVE-2014-0544 CVE-2014-0545 CVE-2014-5333 flash-plugin: multiple code execution or security bypass flaws (APSB14-18)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.241 and 14.x before 14.0.0.176 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.400 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 14.0.0.178 on Windows and OS X and before 14.0.0.179 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 14.0.0.178, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 14.0.0.178 do not properly restrict discovery of memory addresses, which allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0542, CVE-2014-0543, CVE-2014-0544, and CVE-2014-0545.

Find out more about CVE-2014-0540 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (flash-plugin) RHSA-2014:1051 2014-08-13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (flash-plugin) RHSA-2014:1051 2014-08-13

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