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CVE-2014-8440 (GCVE-0-2014-8440)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-11-11 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:18
VLAI
Summary
Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.223 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.418 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.356, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.356, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.356 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0576, CVE-2014-0581, and CVE-2014-8441.
Severity
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CWE
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