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CVE-2014-0540

Published: Aug 12, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0540
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Adobe_air_sdkAdobe*14.0.0.137 (including)
Adobe_air_sdkAdobe13.0.0.83 (including)13.0.0.83 (including)
Adobe_air_sdkAdobe13.0.0.111 (including)13.0.0.111 (including)
Adobe_air_sdkAdobe14.0.0.110 (including)14.0.0.110 (including)
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatflash-plugin-0:11.2.202.400-1.el5*
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatflash-plugin-0:11.2.202.400-1.el6*
Adobe-flashpluginUbuntulucid*
Adobe-flashpluginUbuntuprecise*
Adobe-flashpluginUbuntutrusty*
Adobe-flashpluginUbuntuupstream*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntudevel*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntulucid*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntuprecise*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntutrusty*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntuupstream*

References

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