CVE-2014-0556

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2014-09-09
Bugzilla:
1139847: CVE-2014-0547 CVE-2014-0549 CVE-2014-0550 CVE-2014-0551 CVE-2014-0552 CVE-2014-0553 CVE-2014-0554 CVE-2014-0555 CVE-2014-0556 CVE-2014-0557 CVE-2014-0559 flash-plugin: multiple code execution or security bypass flaws (APSB14-21)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2014-0556 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 5 (flash-plugin) RHSA-2014:1173 2014-09-10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (flash-plugin) RHSA-2014:1173 2014-09-10

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