CVE-2014-0496
Adobe Reader and Acrobat: Use-After-Free
As of , CVE-2014-0496 in Adobe Reader and Acrobat is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 March 2022
- US federal deadline
- 24 March 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.40Higher than 98% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.05 on 3 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Adobe Reader and Acrobat contain a use-after-free vulnerability which can allow for code execution.
CISA's 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.
The CVE record's description, from adobe
- CVE published
- 15 January 2014
- Assigned by
- adobe
- CVSS
- 8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-416
- Use After Free
- CWE-399
- Resource Management Errors
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Reader and Acrobat: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2011-2462Universal 3D Memory Corruption | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.89; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.89 | ||
| CVE-2009-0927Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.97; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.97 | ||
| CVE-2010-0188Arbitrary Code Execution | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.88; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.88 | ||
| CVE-2013-3346Memory Corruption | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.79; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.79 | ||
| CVE-2013-0640Memory Corruption | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekEPSS 0.87; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.87 | ||
| CVE-2013-2729Arbitrary Integer Overflow | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch this weekEPSS 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
| CVE-2014-0546Sandbox Bypass | Adobe Reader and Acrobat | Patch soon | 0.22 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org