CVE-2014-9163Stack-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…
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Apr 13, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by May 4, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-121
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Apr 13, 2022; federal remediation due May 4, 2022The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 20.72% (percentile 98)
- Assigned by
- adobe
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Nov 17, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
adobe flash_player adobe:flash_player | from 13.0 before 13.0.0.259; from 14.0 through 14.0.0.179; from 15.0 before 15.0.0.246; from 11.0 before 11.2.202.425 | NVD |
References
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-27.htmlx-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196issue-tracking
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-9163us-government-resource
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