CVE-2014-8439
Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability
- High 8.8
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 25 May 2022
Description
Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.258 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.239 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.424 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.
Key facts
- Published
- 25 Nov 2014
- Last changed
- 22 Oct 2025
- Assigned by
- adobe
- KEV added
- 25 May 2022
- KEV fix due
- 15 Jun 2022
- EPSS
- 20.369% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 97.527% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; 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 and should be disconnected if still in use.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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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Timeline
- 25 Nov 2014 Published
- 25 May 2022 CVE-2014-8439 added to CISA KEV
- 25 May 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue