flash-plugin: privilege escalation from low to medium integrity level (APSB14-24)
Published Nov 11, 2014
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.53%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.223 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.418 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.356, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.356, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.356 allows attackers to complete a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≥ 13.0 · < 13.0.0.252
- ≥ 14.0 · ≤ 14.0.0.179
- ≥ 15.0 · < 15.0.0.223
Configuration 2
- ≥ 11.0 · < 11.2.202.418
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 5
- < 15.0.0.356
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
flash-plugin
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
flash-plugin
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | flash-plugin | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | flash-plugin | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the linux version of the flash-plugin package.
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.53% (0.06528) | 93.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.53% (0.06528) | 92.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 12, 2025 | 3.25% (0.03252) | 86.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.02% (0.01022) | 75.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.32% (0.02318) | 74.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.02% (0.01022) | 75.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.83% (0.00825) | 82.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 0.83% (0.00825) | 82.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2024 | 0.65% (0.00653) | 79.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00564) | 77.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 26, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00564) | 74.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.46% (0.00461) | 71.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01126) | 55.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01126) | 53.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01126) | 51.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01126) | 29.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71035 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0583 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162913 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0583
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0583
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71035 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0583 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162913 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0583 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0583 |
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