CVE-2014-0491 describes a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, Adobe AIR SDK, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler across Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. This flaw allows attackers to bypass unspecified protection mechanisms through unknown vectors. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk, indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.0, < 11.7.700.260CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.8, < 11.8.800.175CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.9, < 12.0.0.38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.0.0.1390CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.0, < 11.2.202.335CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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