CVE-2014-0502

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-0502
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneradobe
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-21 05:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-21 21:11:58 UTC
DescriptionDouble 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 Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in February 2014.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.242040000 probability, percentile 0.976230000 (date 2026-07-22)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2024-09-17; due 2024-10-08; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-415 | n/a | CWE-415 CWE-415 Double Free

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorAdobe
ProductFlash Player
NameAdobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity
Required ActionThe impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
Noteshttps://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life-alternative.html#eol-alternative-faq ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0502

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Flash Player All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified
ADP Adobe Flash Player affected 11.7.700.269 custom Not specified
ADP Adobe Flash Player affected 11.8.0 12.0.0.70 custom Not specified
ADP Adobe Flash Player affected 11.7.700.269 custom Not specified
ADP Adobe Flash Player affected 11.8.0 12.0.0.70 custom Not specified
ADP Adobe Air affected 4.0.0.1628 custom Not specified
ADP Adobe Air Sdk affected 4.0.0.1628 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Volatility Labs: Building a Decoder for the CVE-2014-0502 Shellcode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 volatility-labs.blogspot.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Analysis of an attack exploiting the Adobe Zero-day - CVE-2014-0502 | AlienVault af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.alienvault.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2014:0277-1: critical: flash-player: upd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0290-1: critical: Security update for f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 www.cisa.gov US Government Resource
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2014:0278-1: critical: flash-player: upd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Adobe Security Bulletin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 helpx.adobe.com Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
ADP2024-09-17T00:00:00.000ZCVE-2014-0502 added to CISA KEV

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