Actively exploited · Published Jan 15, 2014 · Assigned by adobe
CVE-2014-0496
High 8.8 Exploited
In plain English
A high-severity use-after-free in Reader and Acrobat from Adobe. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 3, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 40.0% (higher than 99% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)40.0%top 1.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Mar 3, 2022
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by Mar 24, 2022.
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- 1029604 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb14-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0496 government-resource
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/199 issue-tracking