10.0
CRITICAL
CVE-2014-0540
Adobe Flash Player/Adobe AIR/Adobe AIR SDK/Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler Memory Address Discovery
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 12, 2014, 10:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:02 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2014-0540 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-0540 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Adobe flash_player
2 Adobe adobe_air
3 Adobe adobe_air_sdk
1 Google android
1 Linux linux_kernel
1 Apple mac_os_x
1 Microsoft windows

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Scripts and resources to help build secure docker images

Shell

Updated: 2 years, 11 months ago
4 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Aug. 29, 2014, 5:02 p.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

hardened ssh jump host and dev docker container

Ruby Shell

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
32 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : March 17, 2014, 7:05 p.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-0540 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-0540 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-18.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60710
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60732
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-05.xml
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030712
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030712 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-05.xml [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60732 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60710 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-0540 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-0540 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.80 }} 0.10%

score

0.87812

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability