Actively exploited · Published Feb 21, 2014 · Assigned by adobe
CVE-2014-0502
High 8.8 Exploited
In plain English
A high-severity double free in Flash Player from Adobe. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on September 17, 2024). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 24.8% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
CISA guidance
The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
Federal agencies must remediate by Oct 8, 2024.
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-415 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0278 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.html x_refsource_MISC
- GLSA-201405-04 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- RHSA-2014:0196 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- SUSE-SU-2014:0290 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0277 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-the-adobe-zero-day-cve-2014-0502/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0502 government-resource