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title: "CVE-2014-8440: Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252… | CubePath"
description: "Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.223 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.418 on Linux, Adobe AIR…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8440
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# CVE-2014-8440: Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252… | CubePath

## Description

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.223 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.418 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.356, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.356, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.356 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0576, CVE-2014-0581, and CVE-2014-8441.

Official description from the CVE record, published by adobe. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8440)

## Key data

### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.81943 (81.9% probability)

Percentile

99.7%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [20141112 Adobe Flash Player Byte Array Uncompress Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability](https://www.verisign.com/en%5FUS/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1081)  (verisign.com) third-party-advisory
- [36880](https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36880/)  (exploit-db.com) exploit
- [helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.ht…](http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.html)
- [adobe-flash-cve20148440-code-exec(98615)](https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98615)  (exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com) vdb-entry
- [openSUSE-SU-2015:0725](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00013.html)  (lists.opensuse.org) vendor-advisory
- [71047](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71047)  (securityfocus.com) vdb-entry

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Oct 22, 2014
2. Record published Nov 11, 2014
3. Record last updated Aug 6, 2024

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