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CVE-2014-0496

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-03-03 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2014-01-15
  • Fixed in11.0.6 · 10.1.9
  • WeaknessCWE-416

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2014-01-1516:13CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2022-03-03Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  3. 2022-03-03Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2022-03-03Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  5. 2025-11-2115:48SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP
  6. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2014-0496?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2014-0496?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Adobe acrobatversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
11.0≥ 11.0, < 11.0.611.0.6
10.x≥ 10.0, < 10.1.910.1.9

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Adobe acrobat to 11.0.6 · 10.1.9
  2. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-03-24

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2022-03-03
Patch Due Date
2022-03-24
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

  • CISA KEVKEV entry2022-03-03
  • GCVEexploitation2022-03-03
  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionactive2025-11-21
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionactive—
  • CISA-ADPCVSS 3.18.82025-02-10
  • NVDCVSS 2.010read 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-4162025-02-10
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-416read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score40.0 %read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2014-01-15
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-0496?

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.

Is CVE-2014-0496 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2014-0496 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-03-24.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-0496?

CVE-2014-0496 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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