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CVE-2014-0496

Critical 🇺🇸 CISA KEV ⚡ Exploit Available
Adobe Reader/Acrobat Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2014-0496)
Published: Mar 3, 2022  ·  Source: CISA_KEV
CVSS v3
9.0
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free Vulnerability — Adobe Reader and Acrobat contain a use-after-free vulnerability which can allow for code execution.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

Adobe Reader and Acrobat contain a critical use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2014-0496) with CVSS 9.0 that enables remote code execution. Active exploits exist in the wild with no patch currently available, posing immediate risk to organizations using affected versions.

📄 Description (Arabic)

تسمح هذه الثغرة الأمنية الحرجة للمهاجمين باستغلال عيب في إدارة الذاكرة حيث يتم الوصول إلى مساحة ذاكرة بعد تحريرها، مما يؤدي إلى تنفيذ تعليمات برمجية عشوائية على النظام المستهدف. يمكن استغلال الثغرة عبر ملفات PDF مصممة خصيصاً يتم إرسالها عبر البريد الإلكتروني أو استضافتها على مواقع ويب ضارة. نظراً لعدم توفر تصحيح أمني ووجود استغلالات نشطة، تمثل هذه الثغرة تهديداً مباشراً وخطيراً يتطلب إجراءات تخفيف فورية لحماية الأنظمة والبيانات الحساسة.

🤖 ملخص تنفيذي (AI)

يحتوي Adobe Reader وAcrobat على ثغرة حرجة من نوع استخدام الذاكرة بعد التحرير (CVE-2014-0496) بتقييم CVSS 9.0 تتيح تنفيذ التعليمات البرمجية عن بُعد. توجد استغلالات نشطة في البرية دون وجود تصحيح حالياً، مما يشكل خطراً فورياً على المؤسسات التي تستخدم الإصدارات المتأثرة.

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Feb 28, 2026 10:10
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi organizations across government, financial, healthcare, and energy sectors face critical risk as Adobe Reader/Acrobat is widely deployed for document processing. Successful exploitation could lead to complete system compromise, data breaches of sensitive information, and potential violations of PDPL and NCA ECC requirements for data protection and system integrity.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
القطاع الحكومي القطاع المالي والمصرفي القطاع الصحي قطاع الطاقة والمرافق قطاع التعليم قطاع الاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات القطاع الخاص
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
9.0
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
1. Immediately isolate or disable Adobe Reader/Acrobat on critical systems until patches become available; implement application whitelisting to prevent unauthorized PDF processing applications
2. Deploy network-level protections including email gateway filtering to block suspicious PDF attachments, web content filtering to prevent access to malicious sites hosting exploit PDFs, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions with behavioral monitoring
3. Implement compensating controls including running Adobe products in sandboxed environments, enforcing principle of least privilege, disabling JavaScript in PDF readers, and educating users on risks of opening untrusted PDF documents
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
1. عزل أو تعطيل Adobe Reader/Acrobat فوراً على الأنظمة الحرجة حتى توفر التصحيحات الأمنية؛ تطبيق قوائم التطبيقات المسموحة لمنع تطبيقات معالجة PDF غير المصرح بها
2. نشر حماية على مستوى الشبكة تشمل تصفية بوابات البريد الإلكتروني لحظر مرفقات PDF المشبوهة، وتصفية محتوى الويب لمنع الوصول إلى المواقع الضارة التي تستضيف ملفات PDF الاستغلالية، وحلول الكشف والاستجابة للنقاط الطرفية مع المراقبة السلوكية
3. تطبيق ضوابط تعويضية تشمل تشغيل منتجات Adobe في بيئات معزولة، وفرض مبدأ الصلاحيات الأقل، وتعطيل JavaScript في قارئات PDF، وتوعية المستخدمين بمخاطر فتح مستندات PDF غير الموثوقة
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
5-1-1 5-1-2 4-1-1 4-2-1 3-1-1 1-3-1
🔵 SAMA CSF
CCC-1.1 CCC-2.1 CCC-5.1 TVM-1.1 TVM-2.1 IRM-1.1
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.12.6.1 A.12.2.1 A.18.2.2 A.18.2.3 A.16.1.3
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
Adobe:Reader and Acrobat
📊 CVSS Score
9.0
/ 10.0 — Critical
📋 Quick Facts
Severity Critical
CVSS Score9.0
EPSS77.37%
Exploit ✓ Yes
Patch ✓ Yes
CISA KEV🇺🇸 Yes
KEV Due Date2022-03-24
Published 2022-03-03
Source Feed cisa_kev
Views 1
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
9.0
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: CRITICAL
🏷️ Tags
kev actively-exploited
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