CVE-2014-0540

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-08-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

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-2014-0542, CVE-2014-0543, CVE-2014-0544, and CVE-2014-0545.

Affected products

Adobe Air: through 14.0.0.137; through 14.0.0.110; 13.0.0.83, 13.0.0.111, 14.0.0.110
Adobe Air Sdk: through 14.0.0.137; 13.0.0.83, 13.0.0.111, 14.0.0.110
Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 13.0.0.231; through 11.2.202.394; 13.0.0.182, 13.0.0.201, 13.0.0.206, 13.0.0.214, 13.0.0.223, 14.0.0.125 (+29)

References

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