CVE-2014-8440

highpriority · attend · 79EPSS 0.819 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

81.9% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USLLM-inferredCWE-416USLLM-inferred

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-36880Adobe Flash Player - UncompressViaZlibVariant Uninitialized Memory (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
exploit/windows/browser/adobe_flash_uncompress_zlib_uninitializedAdobe Flash Player UncompressViaZlibVariant Uninitialized Memoryfunctional · metasploit

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
adobe air≤ 15.0.0.356nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air sdk≤ 15.0.0.356nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air sdk & compiler< 15.0.0.356nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player11.0 → 11.2.202.418nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player13.0 → 13.0.0.252nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player14.0 → 14.0.0.179nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash player15.0 → 15.0.0.223nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-11-11modified 2026-06-17

references (13)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

scry

Attackers weaponise vulnerabilities like this against internet-exposed services. See what is exposed on your perimeter with a free passive scan.

Free scan