CVE-2014-0556
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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 84.6%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 84.58% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 21 April 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- adobe/flash player · adobe/adobe air sdk · adobe/adobe air
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 84.6% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/09/exploiting-cve-2014-0556-in-flash.html
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-21.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00021.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131516/Adobe-Flash-Player-copyPixelsToByteArray-Integer-Overflow.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61089
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-05.xml
- http://www.osvdb.org/111110
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69696
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030822
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=46
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95826
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36808/
- http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/09/exploiting-cve-2014-0556-in-flash.html
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-21.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00021.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131516/Adobe-Flash-Player-copyPixelsToByteArray-Integer-Overflow.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61089
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-05.xml
- http://www.osvdb.org/111110
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69696
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030822
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=46
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95826
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36808/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.