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Posted by Chris Evans, Renderer of Modern Art In Adobe’s August 2014 Flash Player security update, we see: These updates resolve memory leakage vulnerabilities that could be used to bypass memory address randomization CVE-2014-0540, CVE-2014-0542, CVE-2014-0543, CVE-2014-0544, CVE-2014-0545. I...

Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 (Aug 2014) - Windows

Adobe Flash Player is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE = "cpe:/a:adobe:flashplayer";...

Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 (Aug 2014) - Mac OS X

Adobe Flash Player is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE = "cpe:/a:adobe:flashplayer";...

SuSE 11.3 Security Update : flash-player (SAT Patch Number 9612)

This flash-player update fixes the following security issues : - These updates resolve memory leakage vulnerabilities that could have been used to bypass memory address randomization. CVE-2014-0540 / CVE-2014-0542 / CVE-2014-0543 / CVE-2014-0544 / CVE-2014-0545 - These updates resolve a security...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for update (openSUSE-SU-2014:1029-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2014:1020-1)

This critical flash-player update fixes the following CVEs : - Security update to 11.2.202.400 bnc891688 : - APSB14-18, CVE-2014-0538, CVE-2014-0540, CVE-2014-0541, CVE-2014-0542, CVE-2014-0543, CVE-2014-0544, CVE-2014-0545 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text...

Critical: Red Hat Security Advisory: flash-plugin security update

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detail...

CVE-2014-0544

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...

CVE-2014-0544

Concrete details exist in connected advisories: CVE-2014-0544 is tied to Adobe Flash Player memory leakage (APSB14-18). The vulnerability is described as an error in parsing a specially crafted SWF file that can lead to memory leakage, enabling remote exploitation if a user opens the crafted SWF....

Adobe AIR for Mac <= 14.0.0.110 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-18)

According to its version, the instance of Adobe AIR on the remote Mac OS X host is equal or prior to 14.0.0.110. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A use-after-free error exits that allows code execution. CVE-2014-0538 - An unspecified security bypass error exists...

MS KB2982794: Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer

The remote host is missing KB2982794. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A use-after-free error exits that allows code execution. CVE-2014-0538 - An unspecified security bypass error exists. CVE-2014-0541 - Multiple errors exist related to memory leaks that can be use...

Flash Player <= 14.0.0.145 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-18)

According to its version, the instance of Flash Player installed on the remote Windows host is equal or prior to 14.0.0.145. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A use-after-free error exists that allows code execution. CVE-2014-0538 - An unspecified security bypass err...

Flash Player for Mac <= 14.0.0.145 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-18)

According to its version, the instance of Flash Player installed on the remote Mac OS X host is equal or prior to 14.0.0.145. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A use-after-free error exists that allows code execution. CVE-2014-0538 - An unspecified security bypass...