Actively exploited · Published Aug 12, 2014 · Assigned by adobe
CVE-2014-0546
High 8.8 Exploited
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Reader and Acrobat from Adobe. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on May 25, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 22.3% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)22.3%top 2.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since May 25, 2022
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by Jun 15, 2022.
Official description
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.11 and 11.x before 11.0.08 on Windows allow attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism, and consequently execute native code in a privileged context, via unspecified vectors.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb14-19.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- 1030711 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0546 government-resource
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/199 issue-tracking