Information disclosure in Adobe Flash Player for Linux and Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2014-9162

 

Information disclosure in Adobe Flash Player for Linux and Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2014-9162

Published: January 23, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU5228
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9162
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Adobe Flash Player

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can read important data on the affected system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure on the vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2014-9162

Install update from vendor's website.

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