MGASA-2014-0497

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    MGASA-2014-0497

    Published: 26 Nov 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-8439

    Summary: Updated flash-player-plugin packages fix CVE-2014-8439

    Details: Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.424 contains additional hardening against a vulnerability in the handling of a dereferenced memory pointer that could lead to code execution (CVE-2014-8439). A mitigation was previously introduced for this issue in a previous update (MGASA-2014-0448).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0497.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14660, http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.html, http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0448.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: flash-player-plugin

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/flash-player-plugin?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -11.2.202.424-1.mga3.nonfree

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High