# CVE-2014-0510: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and bypass a sandbox protection

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-03-27 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by Zeguang Zhao and Liang Chen during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2014.

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## References

- http://www.pwn2own.com/2014/03/pwn2own-results-thursday-day-two/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66241
- http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/444262022444621824
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-08.xml
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-14.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00008.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0496.html

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