CVE-2014-0502
Status: AnalyzedHigh (8.8)⚠ Active exploitation
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.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 8.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 25%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 98
- Score date: 10/3/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
CISA KEV — actively exploited
- Added to catalog: 9/17/2024
- Remediation due date: 10/8/2024
- Known ransomware use: Unknown
🎯 ATT&CK techniques
How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.
- Exploitation
T1203Exploitation for Client Executionexecution85 %
Double free en Flash Player (AV:N, UI:R) requiere interacción del usuario para ejecución remota; explotación activa en febrero 2014 confirma T1203. Permite ejecución arbitraria de código (T1059.007).
Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.
🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques
Affected technologies (10)
CWEs
- CWE-415
- CWE-415
References
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xml
- http://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-the-adobe-zero-day-cve-2014-0502/
- https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.html
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xml
- http://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-the-adobe-zero-day-cve-2014-0502/
- https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0502
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