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CVE-2014-8439

Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.258 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.239 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.424 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.34444
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  • Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
  • SSVC exploitation status: active
  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules15 YARA rules0
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Required Remediation

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-416Use After Free
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Affected Products & Versions

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adobe flash player<= 11.2.202.418
adobe air<= 15.0.0.292
adobe air sdk<= 15.0.0.301
adobe air sdk \& compiler< 15.0.0.302
adobe flash player<= 15.0.0.223
adobe flash player<= 13.0.0.252
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Microsoft Office Child Process - MacOS
producthighRemote Access Tool - Renamed MeshAgent Execution - MacOS
producthighBinary Padding - MacOS
productmediumSuspicious Execution via macOS Script Editor
productmediumSystem Information Discovery Via Sysctl - MacOS
productmediumNew File Exclusion Added To Time Machine Via Tmutil - MacOS
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · psirt@adobe.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD25 Nov 2014 · 11:59 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

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cisaKEV-CVE-2014-8439
rhsaRHSA-2014:1915Critical
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0239-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0493-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0723-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.htmlVendor Advisory
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.htmlVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00020.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00004.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1915.htmlVendor Advisory
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