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CVE-2014-0497

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0497 describes an integer underflow vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player across Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, requires no user interaction and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available, including a Metasploit module. The vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, highlighting its severe impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 11.2.202.336CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 11.7.700.261CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.8.800.94, < 12.0.0.44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 32.0.1700.107CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Sep 17, 2024
Metasploit: Adobe Flash Player Integer Underflow Remote Code Execution · Feb 5, 2014
ExploitDB: EDB-33212 · May 6, 2014
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9988 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.336-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.336-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-0497Critical

flash-plugin: integer underflow flaw leads to arbitrary code execution (APSB14-04)

Feb 4, 2014

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2014/02/stable-channel-update.html
Release Notes
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb14-04.html
Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00000.html
Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00001.html
Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00006.html
Mailing List
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0137.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/56437
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/56737
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/56780
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/56799
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/56839
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/90884
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/33212
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
osvdb.org / 102849
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/65327
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1029715
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry