CVE-2014-0546 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Sandbox Bypass

What is CVE-2014-0546?

CVE-2014-0546 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 12 Aug 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0546?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0546?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0546 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 15 Jun 2022.

Is CVE-2014-0546 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2014-0546 in the wild since at least 25 May 2022.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat

• CVE-2021-28550 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2021-21017 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0496 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-3346 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-2729 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.8

All Adobe Acrobat vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-m362-frg6-j2v7.