CVE-2014-0514
The Adobe Reader Mobile application before 11.2 for Android does not properly restrict use of JavaScript, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, a related issue to CVE-2012-6636.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 72.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Adobe Reader Mobile application before 11.2 for Android does not properly restrict use of JavaScript, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, a related issue to CVE-2012-6636.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 72.10% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 15 April 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- adobe/adobe reader
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 72.1% since 4 November 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.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader-mobile/apsb14-12.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127113/Adobe-Reader-for-Android-addJavascriptInterface-Exploit.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/192Exploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32884
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33791
- http://www.osvdb.org/105781
- http://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140401/adobe_reader_for_android_exposes_insecure_javascript_interfaces.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531831/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66798
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader-mobile/apsb14-12.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127113/Adobe-Reader-for-Android-addJavascriptInterface-Exploit.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/192Exploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32884
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33791
- http://www.osvdb.org/105781
- http://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140401/adobe_reader_for_android_exposes_insecure_javascript_interfaces.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531831/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66798
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.