CVE-2014-9163
Adobe Flash Player Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 4 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.259 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.246 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.425 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in December 2014.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 44.88% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 13 April 2022 · due 4 May 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-121
- Affected
- adobe/flash player
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS moved from 44.9% on 25 October 2026 to 44.9% on 30 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
CISA notes
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9163
References
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-27.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-27.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196Issue Tracking
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-9163US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.