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Known exploitedIn CISA's KEV catalog since 17 September 2024Ransomware use: unknown
Adobe Flash Player

CVE-2014-0502: Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 17 Sep 2024, 3,861 days after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
24.8%

EPSS score, percentile 97.9 of all scored records

How severe?
8.8 High

CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record

What should I do?

CISA deadline 8 Oct 2024. The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Full text

Advisories and patches (5)

Which versions are affected?

Not stated. The CVE record gives vendor and product as “n/a” and the version as “unspecified”.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

Required action, set by CISA

The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.

CISA due date for this action: 8 October 2024.

Advisories and patches

Linked from CISA's catalog entry

Affected products and versions

The CVE record does not name affected products or versions: vendor and product are “n/a” and the version is “unspecified”.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

About this vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player contains a double free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.

  • CISA added CVE-2014-0502 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 17 Sep 2024.
  • CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
  • The due date CISA sets for the required action is 8 Oct 2024.
  • The CVE record was published on 21 Feb 2014, 3,861 days before it was added to KEV.
  • The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (High), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
  • FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.8% (percentile 97.9), as of 28 Oct 2026.
  • CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Description

Double free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.341 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1628 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in February 2014.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Weakness

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.

Timeline

DateEvent
21 Feb 2014CVE record published
17 Sep 2024Added to CISA KEV
8 Oct 2024CISA due date for the required action
22 Oct 2025CVE record last updated

References

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