CVE-2014-0498

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Adobe Air: before 4.0.0.1628 — fixed in 4.0.0.1628
Adobe Air Sdk: before 4.0.0.1628 — fixed in 4.0.0.1628
Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: from 11.0 before 11.7.700.269; from 11.8 before 11.8.800.175; from 11.9 before 12.0.0.70; from 11.0 before 11.2.202.341 — fixed in 11.2.202.341, 11.7.700.269, 11.8.800.175, 12.0.0.70

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Air 4.0.0.1628; Adobe Air Sdk 4.0.0.1628; Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier. 11.2.202.341, 11.7.700.269, 11.8.800.175, 12.0.0.70. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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