CVE-2014-0496 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since March 3, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.67399.

Exploitation active

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Acrobat
Apple	Mac Os X
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat::::::::

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows::::::::

No data.

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb14-01.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029604

History

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-399

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-416
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-03-03'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2014-01-15T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:46:52.587Z

Reserved: 2013-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-0496

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:20:19.341Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-01-15T16:13:04.100

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2014-0496

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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