CVE-2014-0497
Published 2014-02-05 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source psirt@adobe.com
Summary
CVE-2014-0497 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 17, 2024, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by October 8, 2024. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Adobe has 83 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 11 of them linked to ransomware.
All 83 known-exploited Adobe vulnerabilities →Description
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.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Adobe — Flash Player
Name: Adobe Flash Player Integer Underflow Vulnerablity
Date added: 2024-09-17 · Due: 2024-10-08
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/02/stable-channel-update.html
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-04.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00006.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0137.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56437
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56737

