Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability

HIGH 8.8EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2014-8439 · Published 25/11/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 25/05/2022. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
air adobe	`≤ 15.0.0.292`	No fix yet
air sdk adobe	`≤ 15.0.0.301`	No fix yet
air sdk & compiler adobe	`< 15.0.0.302`	`15.0.0.302`
flash player adobe	`≤ 11.2.202.418≤ 13.0.0.252≤ 15.0.0.223`	No fix yet

Description

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

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

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