CVE-2014-0502

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-09-17. Federal remediation due 2024-10-08.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

24.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2014-02-21 02:00Z12 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2013-12-20

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-415Double FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9cdd0d2d1fc839c794320f239e46ea235b9639dc448405c0c4d795c4a87c5967

• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0278http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• volatility-labs.blogspot.comhttps://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201405-04http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• helpx.adobe.comhttp://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:0196http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:0290http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0277http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.alienvault.comhttp://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-the-adobe-zero-day-cve-2014-0502/x_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0502government-resource