CVE-2014-0496 (GCVE-0-2014-0496)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-01-15 02:00
Modified
2025-07-30 01:46
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
psirt@adobe.comhttp://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb14-01.htmlVendor Advisory
psirt@adobe.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029604Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb14-01.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029604Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-03-03

Due date: 2022-03-24

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

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

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