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Vulnerability record

CVE-2014-0502

Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity

HighExploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Flash Player, fix it now.

CISA required action: The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Oct 8, 2024.

Patch status

Official fix available since

Apply the vendor's update to every affected system. Check the fixed-in versions below where known.

Basis: NVD patch reference

Description

Double free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.341 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1628 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in February 2014.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
Flash PlayerAdobe< 11.7.700.269; >= 11.8.800.94, < 12.0.0.70; < 11.2.202.34111.7.700.269; 12.0.0.70; 11.2.202.341KEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2014-0502 scored CVSS 8.8: Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Flash Player systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

  2. Patch releasedUpdateKEV

    Patch released for CVE-2014-0502: Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity

    An official fix is now available for Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability is being exploited, so apply it promptly.

    Basis: NVD patch reference

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References

  • adobe.com https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life-alternative.html#eol-alternative-faq
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0502
  • helpx.adobe.com http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html
  • lists.opensuse.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.html
  • lists.opensuse.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.html
  • lists.opensuse.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.html
  • rhn.redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html
  • security.gentoo.org http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xml
  • alienvault.com http://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-the-adobe-zero-day-cve-20…
  • volatility-labs.blogspot.com https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.html
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0502