CVE-2014-0510: adobe flash_player

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-0510 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in adobe flash_player. EPSS estimates a 8.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 27-03-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by Zeguang Zhao and Liang Chen during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2014.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.