Vulnerability in Adobe Air
CVE-2014-0542
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-2014-0540, CVE-2014-0543, CVE-2014-0544, and CVE-2014-0545.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.040 (90.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.040 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Air — versions 13.0.0.83, 13.0.0.111, 14.0.0.110
- Adobe Air Sdk — versions 13.0.0.83, 13.0.0.111, 14.0.0.110
- Adobe Flash Player — versions 13.0.0.182, 13.0.0.201, 13.0.0.206
- Apple Mac OS X
- Google Android
- Linux Kernel
- Microsoft Windows
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/60710 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/60732 (third-party-advisory)
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-18.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1030712 (vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-05.xml (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-0542?
- CVE-2014-0542 is a vulnerability in Adobe Air, classified under CWE-264. Published 2014-08-12.
- Is CVE-2014-0542 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.