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CVE-2014-0497

Adobe Flash Player Integer Underflow Vulnerablity

KEVEXPLOIT ✓CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 99.9%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 8 October 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Integer underflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.261 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.44 on Windows and Mac OS X, and before 11.2.202.336 on Linux, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
99.88% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 6 May 2014
CISA KEV
Listed 17 September 2024 · due 8 October 2024
Weakness
CWE-191
Affected
adobe/flash player · google/chrome · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise desktop
Source
psirt@adobe.com
EPSS trend
0%50%100%30 October 2026: 99.88%30 October 202630 October 2026

EPSS 99.9% since 30 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.

CISA notes

The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product. https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life-alternative.html#eol-alternative-faq ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0497

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-33212source ↗Adobe Flash Player - Integer Underflow Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)windows · Metasploitremote6 May 2014yes

References

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