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

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-05-25
• EPSS: 20.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-11-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

• Adobe Air: through 15.0.0.292
• Adobe Air Sdk: through 15.0.0.301
• Adobe Air Sdk & Compiler: before 15.0.0.302 — fixed in 15.0.0.302
• Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 11.2.202.418; through 15.0.0.223; through 13.0.0.252

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Air Sdk & Compiler 15.0.0.302. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.html
• http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00020.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00004.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1915.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60217
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71289
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031259
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98932
• https://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002768.html
• http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.html

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