CVE-2014-0502

Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity

  • High 8.8
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 17 Sep 2024

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.

Key facts

Published
21 Feb 2014
Last changed
22 Oct 2025
Assigned by
adobe
KEV added
17 Sep 2024
KEV fix due
8 Oct 2024
EPSS
24.817% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 97.935% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 8.8CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

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

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/a
  • n/a (affected)

Timeline

  1. 21 Feb 2014 Published
  2. 17 Sep 2024 CVE-2014-0502 added to CISA KEV
  3. 17 Sep 2024 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

References