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CVE-2014-9163 kev in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.259 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.246 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-8988

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-04-13
epss
44.9%
EPSS 44.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.259 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.246 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.425 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in December 2014.

Patch / fix

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

  • adobe flash_player 11.2.202.425, 13.0.0.259, 15.0.0.246
  • flashplugin-nonfree Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 11.2.202.425ubuntu0.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9163

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • flash-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 11.2.202.425-1.el5
  • flash-plugin RHEL 6 EXTRAS 11.2.202.425-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1981

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-9163 updated cvss 6.8

flash-plugin: Multiple code-execution flaws (APSB14-27)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin 11.2.202.425-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 11.2.202.425-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin 11.2.202.425-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 11.2.202.425-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 11.2.202.425-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1981

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Timeline

  1. 0-day patched (Project Zero)
  2. Published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4y ago
Patch by
2022-05-04 (4y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Vendor, product
Adobe, Flash Player
CISA name
Adobe Flash Player Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Zero-day

Detected in real attacks while still unknown to the vendor and the public, per Google Project Zero's 0day In-the-Wild tracker.

Patched
2014-12-09
Details
project zero tracker

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
11mo ago

Exploit prediction

44.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

References

Sources

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