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CVE-2014-9161

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9161 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in CoolType.dll affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 10.x and 11.x on both Windows and OS X. This vulnerability, triggered by a crafted PDF document, can lead to a denial of service and potentially other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is considered critical, requiring user interaction (AC:M) but no authentication (Au:N) for a network-based attack (AV:N), and has high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:C/I:C/A:C). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.1.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:11.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0405 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

code.google.com / p/google-security-research/issues/detail
packetstormsecurity.com / files/134394/Adobe-Reader-X-XI-Out-Of-Bounds-Read.html
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/reader/apsb15-10.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/74600
securitytracker.com / id/1032284