CVE-2014-0496
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.9 and 11.x before 11.0.06 on Windows and Mac OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 39.98% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 March 2022 · due 24 March 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- adobe/acrobat
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 40.0% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0496
References
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb14-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029604Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb14-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029604Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/199Issue Tracking
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0496US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.