Vulnerability in Adobe Air
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 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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.819 (99.6th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.819 · newest: 0.819 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-re… (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36880/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98615 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71047 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-8440?
- CVE-2014-8440 is a vulnerability in Adobe Air. Published 2014-11-11.
- Is CVE-2014-8440 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.