Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer Vulnerability
CVE-2014-8439 is a security vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, added to CISA KEV on May 25, 2022. Patch order: third of four.
What is CVE-2014-8439?
Adobe Flash Player has a vulnerability in the way it handles a dereferenced memory pointer which could lead to code execution.
VulnCheck tracked exploitation 2780 days before CISA's KEV listing. VulnCheck's broader catalog of in-the-wild exploitation evidence picked this up before it landed on CISA's formal list. Per-CVE fact about this entry; not a population claim about lead time in general.
Who is affected by CVE-2014-8439?
Affects anyone running Adobe Flash Player. If it's part of your document workflow, exploitation can lead to code execution when a user opens an attacker-controlled file.
What should I do about CVE-2014-8439?
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
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Insurance readiness
Your insurer will ask if this is patched.
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CVSS base score: 8.8 — HIGH
Weakness classifications: CWE-119, CWE-416
CISA due date
CISA's listed due date: June 15, 2022.
Federal civilian agencies work under CISA's Binding Operational Directive 26-04, which replaced BOD 22-01 on June 10, 2026. It sets the deadline for each affected system by:
- How exposed that system is to the internet
- Whether the attack can be automated
- How much control it gives an attacker
Its table gives catalogued vulnerabilities 3 or 14 days.
None of this binds a private business, but treat the date as a strong recommendation, especially if you handle regulated data (HIPAA, GLBA, ABA model rules).
EPSS
EPSS score: 20.4% — higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.
EPSS estimates the probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days. Every entry on this site is already confirmed exploited, so read it as relative urgency among the things you still have open, not as permission to wait.
Other exploited Adobe Flash Player entries
More CISA KEV entries for Adobe Flash Player. Same product line, same actively-exploited status.
Source
This entry comes from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, public US-Government data we pull daily. The plain-language framing and the what-to-do guidance above are ours. View the original entry on cisa.gov.