CVE-2014-0506: adobe flash_player Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-0506 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in adobe flash_player. EPSS estimates a 7.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 27-03-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.275 and 11.8.x through 13.0.x before 13.0.0.182 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.350 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 13.0.0.83 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 13.0.0.83, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 13.0.0.83 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, and possibly bypass an Internet Explorer sandbox protection mechanism, via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2014.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
7.61%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 7.61% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Adobe1 product
- flash_player12.0.0.77
1 vendor · 1 product
References
8 links- twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/443886338077495296X Refsource MISC
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-09.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- www.pwn2own.com/2014/03/pwn2own-results-for-wednesday-day-one/X Refsource MISC