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CVE-2014-0517

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0517 is a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player across Windows, OS X, and Linux, as well as Adobe AIR SDK and AIR SDK & Compiler, that allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this high-severity flaw indicates that it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and has no known public exploits or significant community discussion, affected organizations should ensure their Adobe Flash Player and AIR installations are updated to patched versions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 13.0, < 13.0.0.214CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.0, < 11.2.202.359CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 13.0.0.111CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0444 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.359-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.359-1.el6
View patch
adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-0517Critical

flash-plugin: security protection bypass (APSB14-14)

May 13, 2014

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb14-14.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00051.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0496.html
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201406-08.xml
Third Party Advisory