CVE-2014-0497
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.
do firstThe impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
Can a WAF block it? Partly. The bug can be reached over the network, so generic WAF rules may stop some attacks. Its weakness type is unknown, so we cannot be more precise.
Also consider: patch
Based on the weakness type only; no CVE-specific evidence yet. We check Cloudflare, AWS, Google Cloud Armor and Azure; for Akamai, Imperva, Fastly, F5, ask your vendor.
Is CVE-2014-0497 being exploited?
Yes. CVE-2014-0497 appears in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed and reported. Treat it as active rather than theoretical, and patch it ahead of higher-scoring vulnerabilities that carry no exploitation evidence.
How severe is CVE-2014-0497?
CVE-2014-0497 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2014-0497?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2014-0497. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2014-0497 affect?
CVE-2014-0497 affects adobe:flash_player, google:chrome, redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop, redhat:enterprise_linux_eus, and 5 further products or versions. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
public exploits
Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module
- Adobe Flash Player - Integer Underflow Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) · remote · 6 May 2014 · verified
- exploit/windows/browser/adobe_flash_avm2 · exploit · normal
Listed so you can judge urgency, not as a recommendation to run anything. GitHub “proofs of concept” are unvetted: some are fake or carry malware. Exploit-DB marks the entries its staff verified.
cisa ssvc
- exploitation
- active
- automatable
- no
- technical impact
- total
Assessed by CISA 18 Sept 2024 (SSVC 2.0.3).
timeline
- 5 Feb 2014Published
- 6 May 2014First public exploit or proof of concept · 90 days (about 3 months) later
- 17 Sept 2024Added to CISA KEV (exploited in the wild) · 3,787 days (about 10 years) later
- 18 Sept 2024CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation active · 2 days later
- 8 Oct 2024CISA remediation due date (US federal agencies) · 19 days later
- 22 Oct 2025CVE record last updated · 379 days (about 1 year) later
- 2 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 377 days (about 1 year) later
- Advisorylists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00006.html
- Advisoryrhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2014-0137.html
- Advisorysecunia.com /advisories/56799
- Advisorysecunia.com /advisories/56737
- Advisorysecunia.com /advisories/56437
- Advisorylists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00001.html
- Advisorysecunia.com /advisories/56780
- Advisorylists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00000.html
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- Advisorysecunia.com /advisories/56839
- Exploitexploit-db.com /exploits/33212
- Linkhelpx.adobe.com /security/products/flash-player/apsb14-04.html
- Linkgooglechromereleases.blogspot.com /2014/02/stable-channel-update.html
- Linkosvdb.org /102849
- Linksecurityfocus.com /bid/65327
- Linksecuritytracker.com /id/1029715
- Linkexchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/90884
- Linkcisa.gov /known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0497
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- CISA KEV catalog: exploitation, date added, due date
- CISA Vulnrichment (ADP): SSVC decision points
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- Exploit-DB: published exploits
- Metasploit Framework: exploit and scanner modules
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.