CVE-2014-8438 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player across Windows, OS X, and Linux, as well as Adobe AIR and its SDKs. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available, the vulnerability received significant media coverage and community discussion at the time, indicating its perceived importance. It is not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.