Double Free in Adobe Air
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 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.
Vulnerability class: Double Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.248 (97.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.248 · newest: 0.248 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Air
- Adobe Air Sdk
- Adobe Flash Player
- Apple Mac OS X
- Google Android
- Linux Kernel
- Microsoft Windows
- openSUSE — versions 11.4, 12.3, 13.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 6.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)
This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on . CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.
BOD 22-01 due date: .
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html (Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-t… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-0502?
- CVE-2014-0502 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2014-02-21.
- How severe is CVE-2014-0502?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2014-0502 known to be exploited?
- Yes. CVE-2014-0502 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-09-17), indicating it is being actively exploited.