CVE-2014-4671 Rosetta-Flash JSONP Vulnerability in hapi

Medium 4.3 Published 9 Jul 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can exploit Adobe Flash Player to perform CSRF attacks against JSONP endpoints, potentially obtaining sensitive information.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2014-4671?

CVE-2014-4671 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Adobe Air, published on 9 Jul 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.231 and 14.x before 14.0.0.145 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.394 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 14.0.0.137 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 14.0.0.137, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 14.0.0.137 do not properly restrict the SWF file format, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks against JSONP endpoints, and obtain sensitive information, via a crafted OBJECT element with SWF content satisfying the character-set requirements of a callback API.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4671?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including hapi. It affects 3 products.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`hapi` npm	All versions	`6.1.0`
`hapi` npm	All versions	`6.1.0`

Linux distribution packages (2)

`python-pyramid` openSUSE:Tumbleweed	All versions	`2.0.2-1.3`
`python-pyramid` openSUSE:Tumbleweed	All versions	`2.1-2.1`

Products include Adobe Adobe Air, Adobe Adobe Air Sdk, Adobe Flash Player.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4671?

Upgrade hapi to 6.1.0 or later.

Is CVE-2014-4671 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-4671 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

All Adobe Adobe Air vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-363h-vj6q-3cmj, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4671, openSUSE-SU-2024:10223-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:11257-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:14155-1, openSUSE-SU-2026:11928-1.