CVE-2014-8439: Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name
Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Flash Player
Added to the catalog
2022-05-25
Due date for US federal agencies
2022-06-15
Weaknesses
CWE-119
Catalog version
2026.10.30

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

Required action (CISA)

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

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

Links in CISA's notes

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NVD analysis

Status
Analyzed
Published
2014-11-25T23:59:00.053
Last modified
2026-06-17T00:16:43.437
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-416

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.

MetricScoreSeverityVectorScored by
CVSS 3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.010HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C[email protected] (Primary)

References

  • http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.html (Vendor Advisory)
  • http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.html (Vendor Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00020.html (Third Party Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00001.html (Third Party Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00004.html (Third Party Advisory)
  • http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1915.html (Vendor Advisory)
  • http://secunia.com/advisories/60217 (Permissions Required)
  • http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71289 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
  • http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031259 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
  • https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98932 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
  • https://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002768.html (Third Party Advisory)
  • http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.html (Vendor Advisory)
  • http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.html (Vendor Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00020.html (Third Party Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00001.html (Third Party Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00004.html (Third Party Advisory)
  • http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1915.html (Vendor Advisory)
  • http://secunia.com/advisories/60217 (Permissions Required)
  • http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71289 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
  • http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031259 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
  • https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98932 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
  • https://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002768.html (Third Party Advisory)
  • https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-8439 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner
adobe
State
PUBLISHED
Published
2014-11-25T23:00:00.000Z
Updated
2025-10-22T00:05:34.383Z
Problem types
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.

References

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

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CWE-416: Use After Free

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2014-8439: Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-8623222179ee, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2014-8439 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T00:16:43.437.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-22T00:05:34.383Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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