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CVE-2014-0515

Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.279 and 11.8.x through 13.0.x before 13.0.0.206 on Windows and OS

Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.279 and 11.8.x through 13.0.x before 13.0.0.206 on Windows and OS X, and before 11.2.202.356 on Linux, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in April 2014.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.92852
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 0% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Threat Actors Linked

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actorAnimal Farm
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

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adobe flash player>= 11.0 and < 11.2.202.346
adobe flash player>= 11.0 and < 11.7.700.279
adobe flash player>= 11.8 and < 13.0.0.206
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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remoteAdobe Flash Player - Shader Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)verified
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighFlash Player Update from Suspicious Location
productcriticalHackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution
productcriticalWindows Credential Editor Registry
producthighOpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication
producthighWindows LAPS Credential Dump From Entra ID
producthighTamper Windows Defender - PSClassic
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Scoring & Timeline

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HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · psirt@adobe.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD29 Apr 2014 · 10:37 AM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0239-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0493-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0723-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0880-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1064-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-13.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00017.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00001.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0447.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xmlThird Party Advisory
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