CVE-2014-9163

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2014-12-09
Bugzilla:
1172431: CVE-2014-0587 CVE-2014-9164 CVE-2014-8443 CVE-2014-9163 flash-plugin: Multiple code-execution flaws (APSB14-27)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.259 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.246 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.425 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in December 2014.

Find out more about CVE-2014-9163 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-2014:1981 2014-12-10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (flash-plugin) RHSA-2014:1981 2014-12-10

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