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| 8.7 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.178 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 09/09/2014 by Chris Evans with Google Project Zero as APSB14-21 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-0556 since 12/20/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed by Metasploit and been published 8 months after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77576 (Adobe AIR <= AIR 14.0.0.178 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-21)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100211 (Microsoft Windows Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer (KB2987114)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 16843.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (95826), Exploit-DB (36808), Tenable (77576), SecurityFocus (BID 69696†) and OSVDB (111110†). The entries VDB-67463, VDB-67464, VDB-67465 and VDB-67466 are pretty similar.
Affected
- Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.179
- Adobe Flash Player for Linux 11.2.202.400
- Adobe Flash Player for Windows/Mac 14.0.0.179
- Adobe AIR 14.0.0.178
- Adobe AIR for Android 14.0.0.179
- Adobe AIR for Windows/Mac 14.0.0.179
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.7
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Metasploit
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Nessus ID: 77576
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR <= AIR 14.0.0.178 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-21)
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OpenVAS ID: 803496
OpenVAS Name: Adobe AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Sep14 (Windows)
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MetaSploit ID: adobe_flash_copy_pixels_to_byte_array.rb
MetaSploit Name: Adobe Flash Player copyPixelsToByteArray Method Integer Overflow
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: adobe.comAdvisory: APSB14-21
Researcher: Chris Evans
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0556 (🔍)
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X-Force: 95826 - Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Air buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 69696 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2014-0556 Unspecified Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 61089 - Red Hat update for flash-plugin, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 111110
SecurityTracker: 1030822 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Bypass Security Controls
Vulnerability Center: 46060 - [APSB14-21] Adobe Flash Player and AIR SDK Remote Code Execution via Unspecified Vectors - CVE-2014-0556, Critical
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 09/10/2014 10:50 AMUpdated: 02/15/2022 12:32 PM
Changes: 09/10/2014 10:50 AM (99), 06/06/2017 08:22 AM (11), 02/15/2022 12:25 PM (2), 02/15/2022 12:32 PM (1)
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