SB2014101405 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player
Published: October 14, 2014 Updated: February 27, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014101405
Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
4
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0564)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to boundary error. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
2) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0569)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to integer overflow when processing .swf files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
3) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0558)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to boundary error when processing .swf files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
4) Use-after-free error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8439)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to use-after-free error when processing .swf files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.