CVE-2014-8439 on CISA KEV

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 cod

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

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

03Notes & references

• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98932
• www.f-secure.com — https://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002768.html
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031259
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00004.html
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71289
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/60217
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00001.html
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00020.html
• rhn.redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1915.html
• helpx.adobe.com — http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-22.html
• helpx.adobe.com — http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.html

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

06Detection

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