# CVE-2014-0497: Integer underflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.261 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.44 on Windows and Mac OS X, and before 1

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2024-09-17, remediation due 2024-10-08
- Published: 2014-02-05 · Updated: 2025-10-22

## Summary

Adobe Flash Player on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux is affected. A successful attack could let a remote attacker run arbitrary code on the victim's computer.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Integer underflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.261 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.44 on Windows and Mac OS X, and before 11.2.202.336 on Linux, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33212
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-04.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/02/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00006.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0137.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/102849
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65327
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56799
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029715
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56737
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56437
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56780
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56839
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90884

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