CVE-2014-8440

Exp

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.

Published: 2014-11-11 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8440 is rated High Exploit Risk (91/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 87.98%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.17% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-8440

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36880 exploit_db edb 2015-05-01 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8440

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-13 86.81% 87.98% +1.17%
2 2026-01-01 87.98% 86.81% -1.17%
3 2025-12-25 — 87.98% —

Full EPSS history (41 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8440

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8440

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-8440

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2014-8440: 1 GLSA(s) (201411-06), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-8440
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8440
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-8440 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree), 10 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 8, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8440

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8440

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe flash_player >= 13.0, < 13.0.0.252 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player >= 14.0, <= 14.0.0.179 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player >= 15.0, < 15.0.0.223 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player >= 11.0, < 11.2.202.418 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air_sdk <= 15.0.0.356 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air <= 15.0.0.356 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air_sdk_\&_compiler < 15.0.0.356 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8440

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