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Vulnerability · CVE-2014-8439

Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability

Published Oct 14, 2014 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Apple flash player

Patch now

CVE-2014-8439 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 15, 2022. Confirm Apple flash player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
20.37%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/air · cpe adobe/air sdk · cpe adobe/air sdk & compiler · cpe adobe/flash player · vendor Adobe Flash Player · vendor n/a n/a

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.258 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.239 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.424 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe adobe/airversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/air sdkversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/air sdk & compilerversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
  • vendor Adobe Flash Playerversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2014-8439

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2014-8439 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 15, 2022. Confirm Apple flash player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-119: Buffer Overflow; CWE-416: Use After Free. EPSS 20.37%. 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.

  1. Nov 25, 2014 · Catalog

    Detected

    Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.258 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.239 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.424 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

  2. May 25, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  3. Jun 15, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.258 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.239 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.424 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

  5. Jun 17, 2026 · Apple Security Releases

    Updated

    Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.258 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.239 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.424 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

Sources

  • Apple Security ReleasesVendor advisoryCVE-2014-8439

    Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.258 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.239 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.424 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-8439

    Adobe Flash Player has a vulnerability in the way it handles a dereferenced memory pointer which could lead to code execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2014-8439

    Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.258 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.239 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.424 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2014-8439

    30-day exploitation probability 20.4%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2014-8439

    Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.258 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.239 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.424 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-8439

    Adobe Flash Player has a vulnerability in the way it handles a dereferenced memory pointer which could lead to code execution.

    vulncheck.com

References

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.