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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-8442

Published: Nov 11, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
5.8 IMPORTANT
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8442
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.223 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.418 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.356, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.356, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.356 allow attackers to complete a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity by leveraging incorrect permissions.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Flash_playerAdobe13.0 (including)13.0.0.252 (excluding)
Flash_playerAdobe14.0 (including)14.0.0.179 (including)
Flash_playerAdobe15.0 (including)15.0.0.223 (excluding)
Adobe-flashpluginUbuntulucid*
Adobe-flashpluginUbuntuprecise*
Adobe-flashpluginUbuntutrusty*
Adobe-flashpluginUbuntuupstream*
Adobe-flashpluginUbuntuutopic*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntudevel*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntulucid*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntuprecise*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntutrusty*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntuupstream*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntuutopic*

References

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