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CVE-2014-0502
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Adobe Flash Player vulnerability
Adobe Flash Player contains a double free vulnerability allowing remote code execution. The flaw has been exploited in the wild.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A double free memory corruption flaw in Flash Player enables unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution through crafted content, with active exploitation confirmed.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
4 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-09-17).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.24204 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Adobe, Flash Player. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-399 Resource Management Errors — weakness family: Resource / availability.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft malicious Flash content that triggers a double free condition in the player's memory management.
Business
Users visiting attacker-controlled or compromised websites are exposed to code execution without warning or user interaction.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I exploit the memory corruption to overwrite heap structures and gain control of program execution flow.
Business
Attackers achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the browser, bypassing sandbox protections.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I execute malware, steal credentials, or establish persistence on the victim's system.
Business
Organizations face data theft, system compromise, and potential lateral movement within their networks.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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