How severe is CVE-2014-0496?

CVE-2014-0496 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 40.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2014-0496: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-03-03

Remediation due

2022-03-24

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0496

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

2 Links

Vulnerability databases

1029604

Other references

http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb14-01.html

Record Details

Published

2014-01-15

Last updated

2025-11-21

Assigner (CNA)

adobe

Credited to

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