CVE-2014-0502: Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name

Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity

Vendor

Adobe

Product

Flash Player

Added to the catalog

2024-09-17

Due date for US federal agencies

2024-10-08

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Catalog version

2026.10.30

Adobe Flash Player contains a double free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Required action (CISA)

The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

• https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life-alternative.html#eol-alternative-faq
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0502

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NVD analysis

Status

Analyzed

Published

2014-02-21T05:07:00.017

Last modified

2026-06-17T00:03:09.860

Weaknesses

CWE-415

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.

References

• http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html (Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.html (Mailing List)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.html (Mailing List)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.html (Mailing List)
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xml (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-the-adobe-zero-day-cve-2014-0502/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
• https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
• http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html (Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.html (Mailing List)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.html (Mailing List)
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.html (Mailing List)
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html (Third Party Advisory)
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xml (Third Party Advisory)
• http://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-the-adobe-zero-day-cve-2014-0502/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
• https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0502 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner

adobe

State

PUBLISHED

Published

2014-02-21T02:00:00.000Z

Updated

2025-10-22T00:05:38.853Z

Problem types

n/a

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.

References

• openSUSE-SU-2014:0278
• https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.html
• GLSA-201405-04
• http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html
• RHSA-2014:0196
• SUSE-SU-2014:0290
• openSUSE-SU-2014:0277
• http://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-the-adobe-zero-day-cve-2014-0502/

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