CVE-2014-8439

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-25. Federal remediation due 2022-06-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• 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

20.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 97.3% 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

2014-11-25 23:00Z11 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2014-10-22

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-416Use After FreeVariant
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5ee40afc7a3b5981f05c9cafbcb83d42d30abf88ea572fc9273319bedce0a97b

• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comadobe-flash-cve20148439-code-exec(98932)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98932vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.f-secure.comhttps://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002768.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1031259http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031259vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:1562http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00004.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com71289http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71289vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• secunia.com60217http://secunia.com/advisories/60217third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:1545http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:1508http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00020.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1915http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1915.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• helpx.adobe.comhttp://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• helpx.adobe.comhttp://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-8439government-resource