{
    "id": "CVE-2014-8440",
    "published": "2014-11-11 23:55:02",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:16:43",
    "cvss_score": "10.0",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.81943",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99642",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:19:42",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "adobe",
            "product": "air"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "adobe",
            "product": "air_sdk"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "adobe",
            "product": "air_sdk_\\&_compiler"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "adobe",
            "product": "flash_player"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "apple",
            "product": "mac_os_x"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "36880",
            "title": "Adobe Flash Player - UncompressViaZlibVariant Uninitialized Memory (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2015-05-01",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36880"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71047",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98615",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36880/",
        "https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1081",
        "http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71047",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98615",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36880/",
        "https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1081"
    ]
}