CVEs / CVE-2014-0502
CVE-2014-0502: Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 17 Sep 2024
- high 8.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 24.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Adobe Flash Player contains a double free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Description
Double free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.341 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1628 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in February 2014.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
| adobe flash_player | before 11.7.700.269 | 11.7.700.269 |
| adobe flash_player | from 11.8.0, before 12.0.0.70 | 12.0.0.70 |
| adobe air | before 4.0.0.1628 | 4.0.0.1628 |
| adobe air_sdk | before 4.0.0.1628 | 4.0.0.1628 |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 17 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 8 Oct 2024 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-415 |
References
- CVE-2014-0502 on NVD
- CVE-2014-0502 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life-alternative.html#eol-alternative-faq (cited by CISA)
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.html Mailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.html Mailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.html Mailing List
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-the-adobe-zero-day-cve-2014-0502/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0502 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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