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title: "CVE-2014-0562\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0562?format=md
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# CVE-2014-0562

Publication date 17 September 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x
before 10.1.12 and 11.x before 11.0.09 on OS X allows remote attackers to
inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, aka "Universal
XSS (UXSS)."

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0562?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| acroread | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

Only OS X is affected

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0562)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0562)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0562)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0562)

### Other references

* <http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb14-20.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0562>