What is CVE-2014-4671?

CVE-2014-4671 is a vulnerability in Adobe Air, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2014-07-09.

Is CVE-2014-4671 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Adobe Air

CVE-2014-4671

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.231 and 14.x before 14.0.0.145 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.394 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 14.0.0.137 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 14.0.0.137, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 14.0.0.137 do not properly restrict the SWF file format, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks against JSONP endpoints, and obtain sensitive information, via a crafted OBJECT element with SWF content satisfying the character-set requirements of a callback API.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2014-07-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.230 (97.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.230 · newest: 0.230 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Air — versions 13.0.0.83, 13.0.0.111
Adobe Air Sdk — versions 13.0.0.83, 13.0.0.111
Adobe Flash Player — versions 11.2.202.223, 11.2.202.228, 11.2.202.233
Apple Mac OS X
Linux Kernel
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

miki.it/blog/2014/7/8/abusing-jsonp-with-rosetta-flash/ (Exploit)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0860.html (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/68457 (vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/59774 (third-party-advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1030533 (vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/59837 (third-party-advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-02.xml (vendor-advisory)
helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-17.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-4671?: CVE-2014-4671 is a vulnerability in Adobe Air, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2014-07-09.
Is CVE-2014-4671 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.