Memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player for Linux and Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2014-9164

Vulnerability identifier: #VU5231

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9164

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Adobe Flash Player
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation

Install update from vendor's website.

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-27.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player
• Arch Linux update for flashplugin
• Gentoo update for Adobe Flash Player
• SUSE Linux update for flash-player
• OpenSUSE Linux update for flash-player
• OpenSUSE Linux update for flash-player
• Red Hat update for flash-plugin