What is CVE-2014-8457?

CVE-2014-8457 is a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2014-12-10.

Is CVE-2014-8457 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2014-8457

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.13 and 11.x before 11.0.10 on Windows and OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-8460 and CVE-2014-9159.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.128 (95.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat — versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2
Adobe Acrobat_reader — versions 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2
Apple Mac_os_x
Microsoft Windows
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8457?: CVE-2014-8457 is a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2014-12-10.
Is CVE-2014-8457 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.