CVE-2014-0502
High 8.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
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.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 25% (percentile: 98) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-415
Affected products
adobe: flash player; apple: mac os x; microsoft: windows; adobe: adobe air sdk; linux: linux kernel; adobe: adobe air; google: android; opensuse: opensuse; suse: linux enterprise desktop; redhat: enterprise linux desktop; redhat: enterprise linux eus; redhat: enterprise linux server; redhat: enterprise linux server aus; redhat: enterprise linux workstation
References
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-explo… ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502… ExploitThird Party Advisory
- http://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-explo… ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502… ExploitThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.html Mailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.html Mailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.html Mailing List
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html Third Party Advisory