CVE-2014-9163
HIGH KEVAdobe Flash Player <13.0.0.259-15.0.0.246 - Buffer Overflow
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2014-9163 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added April 13, 2022.
Description
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-27.html
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-9163
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0319
EPSS Percentile
87.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2022-04-13
VulnCheck KEV
2014-12-09
InTheWild.io
2014-12-09
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2014-8988
CWE
CWE-121
Status
published
Products (1)
adobe/flash_player
13.0 - 13.0.0.259
Published
Dec 10, 2014
KEV Added
Apr 13, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026