CVE-2014-0546 is a critical vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 10.x before 10.1.11 and 11.x before 11.0.08 on Windows. This flaw allows attackers to bypass sandbox protections, leading to arbitrary native code execution in a privileged context. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, despite a lack of public exploit code.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.0, < 10.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.0, < 11.0.08CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.0, < 10.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.0, < 11.0.08CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.