# CVE-2014-0540: 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.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-08-12 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## 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://secunia.com/advisories/60710
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60732
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-18.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030712
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-05.xml

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