CVE-2014-8440
Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.223 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.418 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.356, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.356, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.356 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0576, CVE-2014-0581, and CVE-2014-8441.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 81.9% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8277)
- Published
- November 11, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8277 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / air
- adobe / air sdk
- adobe / air sdk & compiler
- adobe / flash player
- apple / mac os x
- linux / linux kernel
- microsoft / windows
References
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71047(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98615(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36880/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1081(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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