{"id":"CVE-2014-0502","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-0502","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T22:27:54.982Z","title":"Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity","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.","published":"2014-02-21T05:07:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:03:10.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@adobe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-415"],"affected":["adobe/flash player","adobe/adobe air sdk","adobe/adobe air","opensuse/opensuse","suse/linux enterprise desktop","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux eus","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux server aus","redhat/enterprise linux workstation"],"epss":{"score":0.24817,"percentile":0.97901,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2024-09-17","dueDate":"2024-10-08","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.\nhttps://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life-alternative.html#eol-alternative-faq ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0502"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html","tags":["Broken Link","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.html","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.html","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.html","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xml","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-the-adobe-zero-day-cve-2014-0502/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@adobe.com"},{"url":"http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html","tags":["Broken Link","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.html","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.html","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.html","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xml","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-the-adobe-zero-day-cve-2014-0502/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0502","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0502","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}