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CVE-2014-8439

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2014-11-25 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability — Adobe Flash Player

Adobe Flash Player has a vulnerability in the way it handles a dereferenced memory pointer which could lead to code execution.

Added to KEV: 2022-05-25
Remediation due: 2022-06-15
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8439

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2014-11-25
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-119, CWE-416

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 configurations

• adobe flash player (<= 11.2.202.418) • adobe air (<= 15.0.0.292) • adobe air sdk (<= 15.0.0.301) • adobe air sdk \& compiler (< 15.0.0.302) • adobe flash player (<= 15.0.0.223) • adobe flash player (<= 13.0.0.252)

Weakness · CWE (2)

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
CWE-416 Use After Free weakness

References