Adobe Flash Player and AIR Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2014-0556)
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Affected Systems:
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Description:
Bugtraq id: 69696
CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2014-0556
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 versions earlier than 13.0.0.244, 14.x, 15.0.0.152 (Windows and OS x), 11.2.202.406 (Linux), Adobe AIR versions earlier than 15.0.0.249 (Windows and OS X) versions earlier than 15.0.0.252 (Android), Adobe air sdk earlier than 15.0.0.249, and Adobe air sdk & Compiler 15.0.0.249 have the buffer overflow vulnerability, attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause DoS attacks.
<* Source: Chris Evans (chris@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Link: http://secunia.com/advisories/60986/
Http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-21.html
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Suggestion:
Vendor patch:
Adobe
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Adobe has released a Security Bulletin (apsb14-21) and patches for this:
Apsb14-21: Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player
Link: http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-21.html
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