CVE-2014-8439
Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 20.01% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 25 May 2022 · due 15 June 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-416
- Affected
- adobe/flash player · adobe/air · adobe/air sdk · adobe/air sdk \& compiler
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
CISA notes
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8439
References
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00004.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1915.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60217Permissions Required
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71289Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031259Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98932Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002768.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00004.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1915.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60217Permissions Required
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71289Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031259Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98932Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002768.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-8439US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.