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Vulnerability · CVE-2014-0496

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Published Jan 15, 2014 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Acrobat and Reader

Patch now

CVE-2014-0496 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
39.98%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/acrobat · vendor Adobe Acrobat and Reader · vendor Adobe Reader and Acrobat · vendor n/a n/a

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe adobe/acrobatversion unspecified
  • vendor Adobe Acrobat and Readerversion unspecified
  • vendor Adobe Reader and Acrobatversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2014-0496

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2014-0496 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-399; CWE-416: Use After Free. EPSS 39.98%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 15, 2014 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Mar 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Mar 24, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-0496

    Adobe Reader and Acrobat contain a use-after-free vulnerability which can allow for code execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-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.

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2014-0496

    30-day exploitation probability 40.0%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-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.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-0496

    Adobe Reader and Acrobat contain a use-after-free vulnerability which can allow for code execution.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.