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CVE-2014-8440

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.223 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.418 on

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.223 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.418 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.356, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.356, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.356 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0576, CVE-2014-0581, and CVE-2014-8441.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.87982
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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adobe flash player>= 13.0 and < 13.0.0.252
adobe flash player>= 14.0 and <= 14.0.0.179
adobe flash player>= 15.0 and < 15.0.0.223
adobe flash player>= 11.0 and < 11.2.202.418
adobe air sdk<= 15.0.0.356
adobe air<= 15.0.0.356
adobe air sdk \& compiler< 15.0.0.356
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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remoteAdobe Flash Player - UncompressViaZlibVariant Uninitialized Memory (Metasploit)verified
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 36880www.exploit-db.com
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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.
producthighFlash Player Update from Suspicious Location
productcriticalHackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution
productcriticalWindows Credential Editor Registry
producthighOpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication
producthighWindows LAPS Credential Dump From Entra ID
producthighTamper Windows Defender - PSClassic
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Scoring & Timeline

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HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · psirt@adobe.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD11 Nov 2014 · 11:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0239-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0493-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0723-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0880-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1064-1
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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/apsb14-24.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71047Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98615Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1081Third Party Advisory
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