Out-of-Bounds Affecting flash-plugin package, versions <0:11.2.202.424-1.el6


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
88.72% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FLASHPLUGIN-1491569
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 Nov 2014

Introduced: 25 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-8439  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 flash-plugin to version 0:11.2.202.424-1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:1915.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream flash-plugin package and not the flash-plugin package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.258 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.239 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.424 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Scores

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