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CVE-2014-8439

High 8.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)

Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog

Name
Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability
Added to catalog
Remediation due date (US federal)
Required action
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
8.8 (HIGH) Score source: CNA CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
20% (percentile: 97) as of 1 November 2026
CWE
CWE-119, CWE-416

Affected products

adobe: flash player; linux: linux kernel; adobe: air; adobe: air sdk; adobe: air sdk \& compiler; apple: macos; microsoft: windows; apple: mac os x

References