CVE-2014-0538

Flash Player vulnerability

CVSS

10.0

EPSS

7.6%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.241 and 14.x before 14.0.0.176 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.400 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 14.0.0.178 on Windows and OS X and before 14.0.0.179 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 14.0.0.178, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 14.0.0.178 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Affected vendor

Adobe

Affected product

Flash Player

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published

2014-08-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-0538

Confirm whether Adobe Flash Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-0538.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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