Vulnerability · CVE-2014-0502
Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity
Published Feb 20, 2014 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Flash Player
Patch now
CVE-2014-0502 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Oct 8, 2024. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
- Severity
- High8.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 24.82%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe adobe/adobe air · cpe adobe/adobe air sdk · cpe adobe/flash player · cpe opensuse/opensuse · cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop · vendor Adobe Flash Player
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.
Are you affected?
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- cpe adobe/adobe airversion unspecified
- cpe adobe/adobe air sdkversion unspecified
- cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
- cpe opensuse/opensuse11.4
- cpe opensuse/opensuse12.3
- cpe opensuse/opensuse13.1
- cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop5.0
- vendor Adobe Flash Playerversion unspecified
- vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2014-0502
Recommended remediation
The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product. CISA due date Oct 8, 2024.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2014-0502 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Oct 8, 2024. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with redhat/enterprise linux desktop 5.0. The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-399; CWE-415: Double Free. EPSS 24.82%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Feb 20, 2014 · Catalog
Detected
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
Sep 17, 2024 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
Oct 8, 2024 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
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
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-0502
Adobe Flash Player contains a double free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-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.
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2014-0502
30-day exploitation probability 24.8%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-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.
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-0502
Adobe Flash Player contains a double free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
vulncheck.com
References
- Broken Link · helpx.adobe.com
- Mailing List · lists.opensuse.org
- Mailing List · lists.opensuse.org
- Mailing List · lists.opensuse.org
- Third Party Advisory · rhn.redhat.com
- Third Party Advisory · security.gentoo.org
- Exploit · alienvault.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cybersecurity.att.com
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- Reference · volatility-labs.blogspot.com
- CISA note · adobe.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cve.org
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · scribd.com
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.