HIGH
flash-plugin: multiple code execution or security bypass flaws (APSB14-21)
Published Sep 10, 2014
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 84.30%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.249 on Windows and OS X and before 15.0.0.252 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.249, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.249 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0559.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
AND
OR
- ≤ 13.0.0.241
- 13.0.0.182
- 13.0.0.201
- 13.0.0.206
- 13.0.0.214
- 13.0.0.223
- 13.0.0.231
- 14.0.0.125
- 14.0.0.145
- 14.0.0.176
- 14.0.0.179
- 15.0.0.144
Configuration 2
OR
- ≤ 14.0.0.178
- 13.0.0.83
- 13.0.0.111
- 14.0.0.110
- 14.0.0.137
Configuration 3
AND
OR
- ≤ 11.2.202.400
- 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
- 11.2.202.394
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 4
No data.
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.406-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1173
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.406-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1173
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.406-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1173 |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.406-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1173 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
84.30% 0.84298
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.84298
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (40 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 84.30% (0.84298) | 99.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 84.18% (0.84178) | 99.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 13, 2026 | 87.32% (0.87322) | 99.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 86.03% (0.86033) | 99.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 1, 2026 | 84.52% (0.84518) | 99.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 86.03% (0.86033) | 99.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 84.52% (0.84518) | 99.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 22, 2025 | 86.03% (0.86033) | 99.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 84.52% (0.84518) | 99.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 13, 2025 | 86.03% (0.86033) | 99.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 84.99% (0.84993) | 99.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 86.44% (0.86438) | 99.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 84.99% (0.84993) | 99.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 86.44% (0.86438) | 99.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 84.99% (0.84993) | 99.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 86.44% (0.86438) | 99.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 24, 2025 | 84.99% (0.84993) | 99.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 86.44% (0.86438) | 99.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 84.99% (0.84993) | 99.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 20, 2025 | 86.44% (0.86438) | 99.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 19, 2025 | 84.99% (0.84993) | 99.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 17, 2025 | 86.44% (0.86438) | 99.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 84.99% (0.84993) | 99.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 86.44% (0.86438) | 99.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 84.99% (0.84993) | 99.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 12, 2025 | 86.44% (0.86438) | 99.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 87.84% (0.87843) | 99.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 86.25% (0.86251) | 99.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 87.84% (0.87843) | 99.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 97.20% (0.97197) | 99.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2024 | 97.27% (0.97272) | 99.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 4, 2023 | 97.37% (0.97372) | 99.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 17, 2023 | 97.33% (0.97330) | 99.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 97.37% (0.97371) | 99.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 17, 2023 | 97.48% (0.97482) | 99.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 97.51% (0.97510) | 99.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 91.57% (0.91574) | 99.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 21, 2023 | 91.57% (0.91574) | 99.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jun 23, 2022 | 92.41% (0.92408) | 99.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 93.26% (0.93264) | 99.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (18)
- http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/09/exploiting-cve-2014-0556-in-flash.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-21.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00016.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00021.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131516/Adobe-Flash-Player-copyPixelsToByteArray-Integer-Overflow.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61089 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.osvdb.org/111110 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69696 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030822 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0556 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139847 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=46 x_refsource_MISC
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95826 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0556
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0556
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36808/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner adobe
Published Sep 10, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Dec 20, 2013
Link CVE-2014-0556
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a