Buffer overflow in Adobe Air
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 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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
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: 0.846 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.843 · newest: 0.846 · change: +0.003
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
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-05.xml (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95826 (vdb-entry)
- code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail
- secunia.com/advisories/61089 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00021.html (vendor-advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/131516/Adobe-Flash-Player-copyPixelsToByteArray-I…
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory)
- googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/09/exploiting-cve-2014-0556-in-flash.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00016.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/69696 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-0556?
- CVE-2014-0556 is a vulnerability in Adobe Air, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2014-09-10.
- Is CVE-2014-0556 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.