Adobe Flash Player: 4 actively exploited vulnerabilities
Adobe Flash Player
CVE-2013-0643: Adobe Flash Player contains an incorrect default permissions vulnerability in the Firefox sandbox that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via crafted SWF content. CVE-2013-0648: Adobe Flash Player contains an unspecified vulnerability in the ExternalInterface ActionScript functionality that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via crafted SWF content. CVE-2014-0497: Adobe Flash Player contains an integer underflow vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2014-0502: Adobe Flash Player contains a double free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-09-17. CVE-2013-0643, CVE-2013-0648, CVE-2014-0497, CVE-2014-0502 were assigned before 2024; the KEV listing came in 2024.
Why this severity: CVSS 8.8 (v3.1, CISA-ADP), actively exploited (CISA KEV)
- Started
- Sep 17, 2024
- Closed
- Sep 17, 2024
Affected
- See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)
Fixed in
- No fix: CISA says the product is end-of-life and should be retired
Timeline4
CISA added CVE-2013-0643 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-08)
SourceCISA added CVE-2013-0648 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-08)
SourceCISA added CVE-2014-0497 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-08)
SourceCISA added CVE-2014-0502 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-10-08)
Source
Advisories6
Notes & caveats
Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).
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