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CVE-2014-8440

89
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8440 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, AIR, and AIR SDK across Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its widespread recognition and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 13.0, < 13.0.0.252CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 14.0, <= 14.0.0.179CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 15.0, < 15.0.0.223CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.0, < 11.2.202.418CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 15.0.0.356CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
81.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Adobe Flash Player UncompressViaZlibVariant Uninitialized Memory · Nov 11, 2014
ExploitDB: EDB-36880 · May 1, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8194 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.418-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.418-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-8440Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB14-24)

Nov 11, 2014

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.html
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/98615
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/36880
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
verisign.com / en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/71047
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry