CVE-2014-8440

Adobe Flash Player - UncompressViaZlibVariant Uninitialized Memory

Severity Score

10.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Adobe Flash Player anterior a 13.0.0.252 y 14.x y 15.x anterior a 15.0.0.223 en Windows y OS X y anterior a 11.2.202.418 en Linux, Adobe AIR anterior a 15.0.0.356, Adobe AIR SDK anterior a 15.0.0.356, y Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler anterior a 15.0.0.356 permiten a atacantes ejecutar código arbitrario o causar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria) a través de vectores no especificados, una vulnerabilidad diferente a CVE-2014-0576, CVE-2014-0581, y CVE-2014-8441.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-10-22 CVE Reserved
2014-11-11 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2024-11-09 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71047	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98615	Third Party Advisory
https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1081	Third Party Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.html
http://malware.dontneedcoffee.com/2014/11/cve-2014-8440.html
http://www.verisigninc.com/en_US/cyber-security/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1081

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36880	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.html	2018-12-20

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html	2018-12-20
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8440	2014-11-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162911	2014-11-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	>= 13.0 < 13.0.0.252 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " >= 13.0 < 13.0.0.252"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	*	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	>= 13.0 < 13.0.0.252 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " >= 13.0 < 13.0.0.252"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	>= 14.0 <= 14.0.0.179 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " >= 14.0 <= 14.0.0.179"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	*	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	>= 14.0 <= 14.0.0.179 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " >= 14.0 <= 14.0.0.179"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	>= 15.0 < 15.0.0.223 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " >= 15.0 < 15.0.0.223"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	*	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	>= 15.0 < 15.0.0.223 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " >= 15.0 < 15.0.0.223"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	>= 11.0 < 11.2.202.418 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " >= 11.0 < 11.2.202.418"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	*	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Air Sdk Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk"				<= 15.0.0.356 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk" and version " <= 15.0.0.356"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Air Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air"				<= 15.0.0.356 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air" and version " <= 15.0.0.356"		-		Affected
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"		Air Sdk \& Compiler Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk \& Compiler"				< 15.0.0.356 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Air Sdk \& Compiler" and version " < 15.0.0.356"		-		Affected