01 Record
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 execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, as exploited in
HighKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: adobe
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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.
- EPSS probability
- 32.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.2% 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-02-14 01:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-10-22 00:05Z1 YR 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-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c61fbd9026e2ef7f83e8974e559f05dde6805a9213a01d99412792e0956705e8
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- blogs.adobe.comhttp://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2013/02/adobe-reader-and-acrobat-vulnerability-report.html
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#422807http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/422807
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0335http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00021.html
- blog.fireeye.comhttp://blog.fireeye.com/research/2013/02/in-turn-its-pdf-time.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0342http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00023.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0551http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0551.html
- www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html
- blogs.mcafee.comhttp://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/digging-into-the-sandbox-escape-technique-of-the-recent-pdf-exploit
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2013:0349http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00024.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:16296https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16296
- www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201308-03http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-0641