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CVE-2013-0641
Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.4, 10.x before 10.1.6, and 11.x before 11.0.02 allows remote attackers to…
High7.8Known exploitedEPSS 32.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- adobe
Description
Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.4, 10.x before 10.1.6, and 11.x before 11.0.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Adobe Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 24 Mar 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 32.3% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2013/02/adobe-reader-and-acrobat-vulnerability-report.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#422807 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0335 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2013/02/in-turn-its-pdf-time.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0342 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0551 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/digging-into-the-sandbox-escape-technique-of-the-recent-pdf-exploit (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:0349 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16296 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201308-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-0641 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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