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CVE-2014-9163 Adobe CVE debrief

CVE-2014-9163 is an Adobe Flash Player stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that appears in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The CISA entry notes that the impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if it is still in use. Because it is a KEV-listed issue affecting legacy software, organizations should treat any remaining Flash Player exposure as a high-priority removal or isolation task.

Vendor
Adobe
Product
Flash Player
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2022-04-13
Original CVE updated
2022-04-13
Advisory published
2022-04-13
Advisory updated
2022-04-13

Who should care

Security teams, endpoint and application owners, and IT administrators responsible for legacy systems that may still have Adobe Flash Player installed or reachable.

Technical summary

The supplied official records identify the issue as a stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player. The CISA KEV entry confirms known exploitation authority status and adds operational guidance that the product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. No further technical detail is included in the supplied corpus.

Defensive priority

High. The vulnerability is listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and affects an end-of-life product, so exposure should be removed or isolated immediately.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Inventory systems to confirm whether Adobe Flash Player is still installed or reachable.
  • Remove, disable, or replace Flash Player wherever it remains in use.
  • If removal is not immediately possible, disconnect or strictly isolate affected end-of-life systems as CISA advises.
  • Review dependent applications and workflows for hidden Flash dependencies before decommissioning.
  • Verify that no browsers, plugins, or legacy images retain Flash components after cleanup.
  • Track remediation against the CISA KEV due date and confirm exposure is eliminated.
  • Use the official CVE and NVD records as the reference points for vulnerability tracking.

Evidence notes

Based only on the supplied official sources: the CVE record, NVD detail page, and CISA KEV entry. The CISA KEV metadata states vendor Adobe, product Flash Player, vulnerability name 'Adobe Flash Player Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability,' dateAdded 2022-04-13, dueDate 2022-05-04, and the note that the impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. No CVSS score was provided in the supplied corpus.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2014-9163 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9163

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2014-9163 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9163

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.