CVE-2014-0499

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.341 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1628 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 do not prevent access to address information, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.86% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory adobe.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html patch vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-0499?
CVE-2014-0499 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-0499?
To fix CVE-2014-0499, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-0499 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-0499 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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