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CVE-2014-8439

76
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8439 is a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, AIR, AIR SDK, and AIR SDK & Compiler, affecting various versions across Windows, OS X, and Linux. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through an invalid pointer dereference. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it is easily exploitable over a network with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild, as indicated by its presence in the CISA KEV catalog and mentions of exploit kits targeting it. Despite no public Metasploit or ExploitDB modules, it garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, highlighting its widespread impact and the urgency of patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 11.2.202.418CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 15.0.0.292CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 15.0.0.301CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 15.0.0.302CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 15.0.0.223CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
20.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · May 25, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2001 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.424-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.424-1.el6
View patch
adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-8439Critical

flash-plugin: hardening against a code execution flaw (APSB14-26)

Nov 25, 2014

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.html
Vendor Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1915.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/60217
Permissions Required
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/98932
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
f-secure.com / weblog/archives/00002768.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/71289
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1031259
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry