Adobe Flash Player and AIR remote code execution vulnerability in CVE-2014-0502)

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Affected Systems:
Adobe Flash Player <12.0.0.44
Adobe Flash Player <11.2.202.336
Adobe AIR 4.0.0.1390
Adobe AIR 3.9.0.1390 SDK
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 65702
CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2014-0502

Adobe Flash Player is an integrated multimedia Player. Adobe AIR is a technology developed based on the combination of network and desktop applications. It can control cloud programs on the network without having to use a browser.

Adobe Flash Player and AIR have multiple vulnerabilities when processing malicious webpages containing specially crafted Flash content, including stack overflow, memory leakage, and dual-release vulnerabilities, unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and ultimately completely control the affected system.

<* Source: The Google Security Team
FireEye

Link: http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

Adobe
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Adobe has released a Security Bulletin (apsb14-07) and patches for this:
Apsb14-07: Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player
Link: http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html

Patch download: http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash