Vulnerability detail

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9.8

CVSS
Critical

CVE-2014-0497

PUBLISHED

Integer underflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.261 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.44 on Windows and Mac OS X, and before...

Exploited in the wild Remote Low complexity No user interaction

Vendor: Adobe
Product: Flash Player
Published: Feb 05, 2014
EPSS: —

Description

Integer underflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.261 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.44 on Windows and Mac OS X, and before 11.2.202.336 on Linux, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

windows linux macos cisa metasploit nessus_scanner

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 10.0

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

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2024-09-17 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation: active
Automatable: No
Technical impact: total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source	Added
CISA	Sep 17, 2024

Scanner integrations

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Metasploit	https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/adobe_flash_avm2.rb	Apr 28, 2025
Nessus	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/75246	Sep 17, 2024

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

adobe_flash_avm2

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2014-0497

Timeline

CVE ID Reserved

December 20, 2013
CVE Published to Public

February 05, 2014
Added to KEVIntel

September 17, 2024
Detected by Nessus

September 17, 2024
Detected by Metasploit

April 28, 2025