CVEs / CVE-2014-8439
CVE-2014-8439: Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 25 May 2022
- high 10 CVSS 2.0 (NVD)
- EPSS 20.3% 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 has a vulnerability in the way it handles a dereferenced memory pointer which could lead to code execution.
Description
Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.258 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.239 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.424 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 25 May 2022 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 15 Jun 2022 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. |
Severity
| CVSS 2.0 | 10 highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-119, CWE-416 |
References
- CVE-2014-8439 on NVD
- CVE-2014-8439 in the CISA KEV catalog
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.html Vendor Advisory
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.html Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00020.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1915.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60217 Permissions Required
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71289 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031259 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98932 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002768.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-8439 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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