Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe products - CVE-2014-0498

 

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe products - CVE-2014-0498

Published: January 20, 2017 / Updated: March 24, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU5186
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0498
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to stack-based buffer 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.



Affected software

Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Adobe Flash Player
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation

How to mitigate CVE-2014-0498

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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