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CVE-2014-8439: Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player has a vulnerability in the way it handles a dereferenced memory pointer which could lead to code execution.

CVE-2014-8439

Exploited in the wild. Fix this first.

CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-25: attackers are using it right now.

CISA KEV
Listed
Added 2022-05-25 · federal fix-by 2022-06-15
EPSS (30 days)
20%
Higher than 97% of CVEs · 2026-11-01
CVSS v3.1
8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What CISA says

Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

NVD description · published 2014-11-25

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.

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How to check if you are exposed to CVE-2014-8439

  1. Find every Adobe Flash Player system you or your clients run, including ones exposed to the internet. Those come first: CISA only lists flaws attackers are already using.
  2. Compare each version with the fixed versions in the vendor advisory. Where no fix exists yet, apply the vendor’s mitigation or take the system off the internet.
  3. Run a credentialed vulnerability scan to catch the systems you missed, then check that the next scan no longer reports CVE-2014-8439.

US federal agencies had to fix this by 2022-06-15. Everyone else should treat that deadline as a guide: if it has passed, this is overdue.

Affected versions

Versions the National Vulnerability Database lists as vulnerable to CVE-2014-8439. Check the vendor advisory for the exact fixed builds before you sign anything off.

ProductVulnerable versions
Adobe Flash Playerup to and including 11.2.202.418; up to and including 15.0.0.223; up to and including 13.0.0.252
Adobe AIRup to and including 15.0.0.292
Adobe AIR SDKup to and including 15.0.0.301
Adobe AIR SDK & Compilerbefore 15.0.0.302

Timeline

  1. · Published in the National Vulnerability Database
  2. · Added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, 2,738 days after it was published
  3. · Fix-by date for US federal agencies, passed 1,600 days ago

Weakness type

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Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (version 2026.10.30); EPSS data from FIRST.org; CVSS and descriptions from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Checked 2026-11-01. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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