Exploitation evidence
Known exploited · CISA KEV listed
Added 2024-09-17. Ransomware campaign use: Unknown.
CISA required action: The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
CISA due date: 2024-10-08. This is the catalog’s deadline, not an assessment of your organization’s exposure.
KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗Reported products and versions
n/a / n/a
Default status: Not specified
- affected: n/a
Fixes and workarounds
No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.
Sources and related reporting
CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.html
- https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xml
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.html
- http://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-the-adobe-zero-day-cve-2014-0502/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0502
Observed change timeline
History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.
12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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}07 Nov 2026, 12:20 Jerusalem · CVE Program record changed
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}03 Nov 2026, 02:22 Jerusalem · CISA KEV status changed
Stored KEV snapshot at this observation.
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