Memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player for Linux and Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2014-0587

 

Memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player for Linux and Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2014-0587

Published: January 23, 2017 / Updated: March 10, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU5232
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0587
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 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.

How to mitigate CVE-2014-0587

Install update from vendor's website.

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