CVE-2014-0498

critical

Published 2014-02-21 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.341 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1628 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Not affected	—

macOS Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
adobe	flash_player	`{"startIncluding":"11.0","endExcluding":"11.7.700.269"}`	`11.7.700.269`
adobe	adobe_air_sdk	`{"endExcluding":"4.0.0.1628"}`	`4.0.0.1628`
adobe	adobe_air	`{"endExcluding":"4.0.0.1628"}`	`4.0.0.1628`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.