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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-5331

Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.257 and 11.8.x and 11.9.x before 11.9.900.170 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.332 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 3.9.0.1380, Adobe AIR SDK before 3.9.0.1380, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 3.9.0.1380 allow…

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 9.3EPSS 72.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 72.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.257 and 11.8.x and 11.9.x before 11.9.900.170 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.332 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 3.9.0.1380, Adobe AIR SDK before 3.9.0.1380, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 3.9.0.1380 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted .swf content that leverages an unspecified "type confusion," as exploited in the wild in December 2013.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
72.50% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 29 April 2014
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-94
Affected
adobe/flash player · adobe/air · adobe/air sdk
Source
psirt@adobe.com
EPSS trend
0%38%75%26 October 2026: 72.50%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 72.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-33095source ↗Adobe Flash Player - Type Confusion Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)windows · Metasploitremote29 April 2014yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.