Summary
This host is installed with Adobe Flash
Player and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow attackers
to cause a stack-based buffer overflow, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version
13.0.0.259 or 15.0.0.246 or 16.0.0.235 or later. For updates refer to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer
Insight
The flaw exists due to an error when the
'parseFloat' function is called on a specific datatype.
Affected
Adobe Flash Player version before
13.0.0.259, 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.246 and 16.x before 16.0.0.235 on Windows
Detection
Get the installed version with the help of
detect NVT and check the version is vulnerable or not.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2014-9163 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Related Vulnerabilities
- Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability (Linux)
- Adobe AIR Code Execution and DoS Vulnerabilities Nov13 (Mac OS X)
- Adobe Air Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -June13 (Mac OS X)
- Adobe Air Multiple Vulnerabilities - December12 (Windows)
- Adobe AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities(APSB14-22)-(Mac OS X)