CVE-2014-0542

critical

Published 2014-08-12 · Modified 2026-05-06

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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

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-2014-0540, CVE-2014-0543, CVE-2014-0544, and CVE-2014-0545.

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
adobe	adobe_air	`{"endIncluding":"14.0.0.137"}`
adobe	adobe_air	`13.0.0.83`
adobe	adobe_air	`13.0.0.111`
adobe	adobe_air	`14.0.0.110`
adobe	flash_player	`{"endIncluding":"13.0.0.231"}`
adobe	flash_player	`13.0.0.182`
adobe	flash_player	`13.0.0.201`
adobe	flash_player	`13.0.0.206`
adobe	flash_player	`13.0.0.214`
adobe	flash_player	`13.0.0.223`
adobe	flash_player	`14.0.0.125`
adobe	flash_player	`14.0.0.145`
adobe	adobe_air_sdk	`{"endIncluding":"14.0.0.137"}`
adobe	adobe_air_sdk	`13.0.0.83`
adobe	adobe_air_sdk	`13.0.0.111`
adobe	adobe_air_sdk	`14.0.0.110`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.223`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.228`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.233`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.235`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.236`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.238`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.243`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.251`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.258`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.261`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.262`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.270`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.273`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.275`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.280`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.285`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.291`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.297`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.310`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.332`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.335`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.336`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.341`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.346`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.350`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.356`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.359`
adobe	flash_player	`11.2.202.378`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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