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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2014-0492 Detail

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.260 and 11.8.x and 11.9.x before 12.0.0.38 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.335 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1390, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1390, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1390 allow attackers to defeat the ASLR protection mechanism by leveraging an "address leak."


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-02.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00006.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0028.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/56516 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/56636 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029602 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-0492
NVD Published Date:
01/15/2014
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Adobe Systems Incorporated