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
- 20.37% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- 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
EPSS 20.4% 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 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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.