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CVE-2014-0496

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.9 and 11.x before 11.0.06 on Windows and Mac OS X allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 8.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
8.5/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 8.8: +1.32
  • Fresh EPSS: 39.98%: +0.20

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 5 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Hacker News
Press · 04 Jun 2014, 05:58 · Exploiting CVE-2014-0196 a walk-through of the Linux pty race condition PoC
Hacker News
Press · 12 May 2014, 22:48 · Linux Kernel up to v3.15-rc4 local privilege escalation exploit
Hacker News
Press · 12 May 2014, 20:01 · CVE-2014-0196 – Local Linux DoS Vulnerability
Hacker News
Press · 12 May 2014, 16:29 · CVE-2014-0196 Linux
Hacker News
Press · 12 May 2014, 13:47 · Linux kernel vulnerability | local user to root

Score evolution

● Hype   ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.5 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

0

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence
Exploitation recorded
Priority basis
Recorded exploitation; CVSS 8.8; EPSS 40.0%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
network access, no prior privileges, user interaction.
Observed activity
Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale
Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis
Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:57:34.453459+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline
Published
15 Jan 2014, 02:00
First press mention
12 May 2014, 13:47
Latest press mention
04 Jun 2014, 05:58
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
03 Mar 2022, 00:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:57