CVE-2014-0556

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.249 on Windows and OS X and before 15.0.0.252 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.249, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.249 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0559.

Published: 2014-09-10 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2014-0556 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 84.18%, 100th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-0556

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36808 exploit_db edb 2015-04-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0556

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 87.32% 84.18% -3.14%
2 2026-05-13 86.03% 87.32% +1.29%
3 2026-02-23 — 86.03% —

Full EPSS history (38 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0556

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0556

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0556

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2014-0556: 1 GLSA(s) (201409-05), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-0556
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0556
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-0556 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree), 8 status rows across 4 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream): released 6, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0556

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0556

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe flash_player <= 13.0.0.241 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 13.0.0.182 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:13.0.0.182:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 13.0.0.201 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:13.0.0.201:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 13.0.0.206 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:13.0.0.206:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 13.0.0.214 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:13.0.0.214:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 13.0.0.223 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:13.0.0.223:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 13.0.0.231 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:13.0.0.231:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 14.0.0.125 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.125:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 14.0.0.145 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.145:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 14.0.0.176 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.176:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 14.0.0.179 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:14.0.0.179:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 15.0.0.144 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:15.0.0.144:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air_sdk <= 14.0.0.178 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air_sdk 13.0.0.83 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air_sdk:13.0.0.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air_sdk 13.0.0.111 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air_sdk:13.0.0.111:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air_sdk 14.0.0.110 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air_sdk:14.0.0.110:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air_sdk 14.0.0.137 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air_sdk:14.0.0.137:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 11.2.202.400 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.223 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.223:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.228 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.228:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.233 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.233:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.235 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.235:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.236 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.236:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.238 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.238:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.243 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.243:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.251 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.251:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.258 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.258:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.261 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.261:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.262 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.262:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.270 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.270:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.273 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.273:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.275 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.275:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.280 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.280:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.285 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.285:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.291 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.291:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.297 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.297:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.310 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.310:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.332 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.332:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.335 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.335:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.336 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.336:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.341 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.341:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.346 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.346:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.350 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.350:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.356 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.356:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.359 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.359:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.378 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.378:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 11.2.202.394 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:11.2.202.394:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air <= 14.0.0.179 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air 13.0.0.83 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:13.0.0.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air 13.0.0.111 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:13.0.0.111:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air 14.0.0.110 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:14.0.0.110:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air 14.0.0.137 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:14.0.0.137:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe adobe_air <= 14.0.0.178 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0556

URL Tags
http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/09/exploiting-cve-2014-0556-in-flash.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-21.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00016.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00021.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131516/Adobe-Flash-Player-copyPixelsToByteArray-Integer-Overflow.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61089
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-05.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/111110
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69696
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030822
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=46
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95826
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36808/
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