Exploited· due 2022-06-15
CVE-2014-8439
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player has a vulnerability in the way it handles a dereferenced memory pointer which could lead to code execution.
Exploitation status
- CISA has confirmed this is being exploited in the wild. That is an observation of real attacks, not a prediction.
- US federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it by 2022-06-15. That deadline does not bind private companies, but it is a reasonable benchmark for how urgently CISA views it.
Required action
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
CISA’s wording, unedited.
Scoring
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
Dates
- Published
- 2022-05-25
- Added to KEV
- 2022-05-25
- Remediation due
- 2022-06-15
- Sources
- CISA KEV