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Vulnerability · CVE-2014-9163

Adobe Flash Player Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Published Dec 9, 2014 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Flash Player

Patch now

CVE-2014-9163 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 4, 2022. Confirm Adobe 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
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
20.72%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/flash player · vendor Adobe Flash Player · vendor n/a n/a

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.259 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.246 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.425 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in December 2014.

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  • cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
  • vendor Adobe Flash Playerversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2014-9163

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2014-9163 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 4, 2022. Confirm Adobe 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-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow. EPSS 20.72%. 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.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 10, 2014 · Catalog

    Detected

    Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.259 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.246 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.425 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in December 2014.

  2. Apr 13, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

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

  3. May 4, 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

    Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.259 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.246 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.425 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in December 2014.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-9163

    Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player allows attackers to execute code remotely.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2014-9163

    Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.259 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.246 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.425 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in December 2014.

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2014-9163

    30-day exploitation probability 20.7%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2014-9163

    Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.259 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.246 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.425 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in December 2014.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-9163

    Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player allows attackers to execute code remotely.

    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.