CVE-2014-0546
Critical 9.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Adobe Reader and Acrobat Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.11 and 11.x before 11.0.08 on Windows allow attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism, and consequently execute native code in a privileged context, via unspecified vectors.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8 (CRITICAL)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 22% (percentile: 98) as of 1 November 2026
Affected products
adobe: acrobat; adobe: acrobat reader; microsoft: windows
References
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb14-19.html PatchVendor Advisory
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb14-19.html PatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030711 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030711 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/199 Issue Tracking
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014… US Government Resource