01 Record
CVE-2014-0502
Double free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.341 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1628 on
HighKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: adobe
CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Double free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.341 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1628 on
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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.
- EPSS probability
- 24.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.8% 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-02-21 02:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-10-22 00:05Z1 YR 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
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0278http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.html
- volatility-labs.blogspot.comhttps://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201405-04http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xml
- helpx.adobe.comhttp://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:0196http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:0290http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0277http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.html
- www.alienvault.comhttp://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-the-adobe-zero-day-cve-2014-0502/
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0502