$ cve CVE-2014-8440 JSON

CVE-2014-8440 EXPLOIT

10.0

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 81.9% (pctl 100)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.223 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.418 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.356, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.356, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.356 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0576, CVE-2014-0581, and CVE-2014-8441.

Scoring

CVSS	10.0 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	81.94% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2014-11-11
Last modified	2026-06-17

Affected (7)

Vendor	Product
adobe	air
adobe	air sdk
adobe	air sdk \& compiler
adobe	flash player
apple	mac os x
linux	linux kernel
microsoft	windows

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Adobe Flash Player - UncompressViaZlibVariant Uninitialized Memory (Metasploit)	2015-05-01

References

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