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CVE-2014-0491

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.260 and 11.8.x and 11.9.x before 12.0.0.38 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.335 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1390, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1390, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1390 allow attackers to bypass unspecified protection mechanisms via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Adobe Air: before 4.0.0.1390 — fixed in 4.0.0.1390
• Adobe Air Sdk: before 4.0.0.1390 — fixed in 4.0.0.1390
• Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: from 11.0 before 11.7.700.260; from 11.8 before 11.8.800.175; from 11.9 before 12.0.0.38; from 11.0 before 11.2.202.335 — fixed in 11.2.202.335, 11.7.700.260, 11.8.800.175, 12.0.0.38

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Air 4.0.0.1390; Adobe Air Sdk 4.0.0.1390; Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier. 11.2.202.335, 11.7.700.260, 11.8.800.175, 12.0.0.38. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-02.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00006.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0028.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56516
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56636
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029602
• http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-02.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00006.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0028.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56516
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56636
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029602

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