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Vulnerability · CVE-2014-0564

Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution

Published Oct 15, 2014 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Adobe Flash Player

Patch now

CVE-2014-0564 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Critical10.0
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
6.19%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/air desktop runtime · cpe adobe/air sdk · cpe adobe/flash player · cpe adobe/flash player desktop runtime · cpe opensuse/evergreen · cpe opensuse/opensuse

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.250 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.189 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.411 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0558.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe adobe/air desktop runtimeversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/air sdkversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/flash player desktop runtimeversion unspecified
  • cpe opensuse/evergreen11.4
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse12.3
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse13.1
  • vendor Adobe Flash Playerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2014-0564

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2014-0564 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Adobe Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 11.4, 12.3, 13.1. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 6.19%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 15, 2014 · Apple Security Releases

    Detected

    CVE-2014-0564 is listed by apple.

  2. Sep 29, 2016 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Jun 17, 2026 · Apple Security Releases

    Updated

    CVE-2014-0564 is listed by apple.

Sources

  • Apple Security ReleasesVendor advisoryCVE-2014-0564

    Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.250 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.189 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.411 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0558.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2014-0564

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2014-0564

    30-day exploitation probability 6.2%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-0564

    Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.250 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.189 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.411 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.293, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.302, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.302 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.