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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…

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1KEVWeaponized Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 72/100)

  • CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Sep 17, 2024). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Oct 8, 2024.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 24.8% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 97.9% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client) 0:11.2.202.341-1.el5; flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:6) 0:11.2.202.341-1.el6.

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Upgrade to flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client) 0:11.2.202.341-1.el5; flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:6) 0:11.2.202.341-1.el6 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

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 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.

Published
Feb 21, 2014
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
24.8% · 97th percentile

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Action score

72

This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS
7 / 30 · 24.8%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
active
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Sep 17, 2024. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Oct 8, 2024.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
adobeflash player
adobeadobe air sdk
adobeadobe air
applemac os x
microsoftwindows
linuxlinux kernel
googleandroid
opensuseopensuse
suselinux enterprise desktop
redhatenterprise linux desktop
redhatenterprise linux eus
redhatenterprise linux server

and 2 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • adobe adobe airbefore 4.0.0.1628
  • adobe adobe air sdkbefore 4.0.0.1628
  • adobe flash playerbefore 11.2.202.341
  • adobe flash playerbefore 11.7.700.269
  • adobe flash player11.8.800.94 and later · before 12.0.0.70
  • opensuse opensuse11.4
  • opensuse opensuse12.3
  • opensuse opensuse13.1
+9 more rows
  • redhat enterprise linux desktop5.0
  • redhat enterprise linux desktop6.0
  • redhat enterprise linux eus6.5
  • redhat enterprise linux server5.0
  • redhat enterprise linux server6.0
  • redhat enterprise linux server aus6.5
  • redhat enterprise linux workstation5.0
  • redhat enterprise linux workstation6.0
  • suse linux enterprise desktop11

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::clientflash-pluginbefore 0:11.2.202.341-1.el50:11.2.202.341-1.el5
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6flash-pluginbefore 0:11.2.202.341-1.el60:11.2.202.341-1.el6

Same product

adobe: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2015-5119Use-after-free vulnerability in the ByteArray class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through…KEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2015-3113Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.296 and 14.x through 18.x before 18.0.0.194 on Windows and OS X and before…KEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2014-0497Integer underflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.261 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.44 on Windows and Mac OS X, and before…KEV
    99Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2014-0498Feb 21, 2014 · Stack-based buffer overflow 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…
    42Plan
  • ← EarlierCVE-2014-0499Feb 21, 2014 · 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…
    32Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2014-0503Mar 12, 2014 · Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.272 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.77 on Windows and OS X, and before 11.2.202.346 on Linux…
    26Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
red hat:flash-plugin0:11.2.202.341-1.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::clientPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. CISA KEV+3861 d
  3. TodayNov 15, 2026+4651 d

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-415 · Double Free

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

References

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