Adobe Flash Player Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2014-0559)
CVE Identifier: CVE-2014-0559
Advisory Date: SEP 09, 2014
DESCRIPTION
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-2014-0556.
SOLUTION
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.179 and earlier versions
- Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.241 and earlier 13.x versions
- Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.400 and earlier versions for Linux
- Adobe AIR desktop runtime 14.0.0.178 and earlier versions
- Adobe AIR SDK 14.0.0.178 and earlier versions
- Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler 14.0.0.178 and earlier versions
- Adobe AIR 14.0.0.179 and earlier versions for Android
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