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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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