# CVE-2014-9163

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.259 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.246 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.425 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in December 2014.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2014-9163
- CVSS: 7.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-04-13; CISA due date 2022-05-04
- EPSS: 44.88% (percentile 98.8)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-11-17)
- Weakness: CWE-121
- Published: 2014-12-10

## Affected

- adobe:flash_player

## References

- [other] http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-27.html
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-9163
- [other] https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196

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