CVE-2014-0540: adobe adobe_air
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-0540 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in adobe adobe_air. EPSS estimates a 3.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 12-08-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.241 and 14.x before 14.0.0.176 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.400 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 14.0.0.178 on Windows and OS X and before 14.0.0.179 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 14.0.0.178, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 14.0.0.178 do not properly restrict discovery of memory addresses, which allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0542, CVE-2014-0543, CVE-2014-0544, and CVE-2014-0545.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.98%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 3.98% 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
Adobe3 products
- adobe_air≤ 14.0.0.137 | 13.0.0.83 | 13.0.0.111 | 14.0.0.110 | ≤ 14.0.0.110
- adobe_air_sdk≤ 14.0.0.137 | 13.0.0.83 | 13.0.0.111 | 14.0.0.110
- flash_player≤ 13.0.0.231 | 13.0.0.182 | 13.0.0.201 | 13.0.0.206 | 13.0.0.214 | 13.0.0.223 | 14.0.0.125 | 14.0.0.145 | ≤ 11.2.202.394 | 11.2.202.223 | 11.2.202.228 | 11.2.202.233 | 11.2.202.235 | 11.2.202.236 | 11.2.202.238 | 11.2.202.243 | 11.2.202.251 | 11.2.202.258 | 11.2.202.261 | 11.2.202.262 | 11.2.202.270 | 11.2.202.273 | 11.2.202.275 | 11.2.202.280 | 11.2.202.285 | 11.2.202.291 | 11.2.202.297 | 11.2.202.310 | 11.2.202.332 | 11.2.202.335 | 11.2.202.336 | 11.2.202.341 | 11.2.202.346 | 11.2.202.350 | 11.2.202.356 | 11.2.202.359 | 11.2.202.378
1 vendor · 3 products
References
5 links- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-18.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory