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FKIE_CVE-2014-9163

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-12-10 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:17
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.259 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.246 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.425 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in December 2014.
References
psirt@adobe.comhttp://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-27.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-27.htmlVendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196Issue Tracking
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-9163US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
adobe flash_player *
adobe flash_player *
adobe flash_player *
apple mac_os_x *
microsoft windows *
adobe flash_player *
linux linux_kernel *
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