CVE-2013-0640

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Federal remediation due 2022-03-24.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

86.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2013-02-14 01:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2012-12-18

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a043a66303aaa78d1e680dad8075f8211a9eab186a11ffb95b55e2b1f53ed60e

• blogs.adobe.comhttp://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2013/02/adobe-reader-and-acrobat-vulnerability-report.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#422807http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/422807third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0335http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00021.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• blog.fireeye.comhttp://blog.fireeye.com/research/2013/02/in-turn-its-pdf-time.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0342http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00023.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:16406https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16406vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0551http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0551.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2013:0349http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00024.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201308-03http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-0640government-resource