# CVE-2014-0556: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.2

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2014-09-10 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.249 on Windows and OS X and before 15.0.0.252 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.249, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.249 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0559.

## 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-05.xml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95826
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=46
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61089
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00021.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131516/Adobe-Flash-Player-copyPixelsToByteArray-Integer-Overflow.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00006.html
- http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/09/exploiting-cve-2014-0556-in-flash.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00016.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69696
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36808/
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-21.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/111110
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030822
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36808
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/adobe_flash_copy_pixels_to_byte_array.rb

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