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CVE-2013-0641: Adobe Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03
• EPSS: 32.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-02-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-120

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.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat for Edge: from 9.0 before 9.5.4; from 10.0 before 10.1.6; from 11.0 before 11.0.02 — fixed in 10.1.6, 11.0.02, 9.5.4
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: from 10.0 before 10.1.6; from 11.0 before 11.0.02; from 9.0 before 9.5.4 — fixed in 10.1.6, 11.0.02, 9.5.4
• Opensuse: 11.4, 12.1
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 5.9, 6.4
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 5.9, 6.4
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 10-sp4, 11-sp2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Acrobat for Edge 10.1.6, 11.0.02, 9.5.4; Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.1.6, 11.0.02, 9.5.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2013/02/in-turn-its-pdf-time.html
• http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2013/02/adobe-reader-and-acrobat-vulnerability-report.html
• http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/digging-into-the-sandbox-escape-technique-of-the-recent-pdf-exploit
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00021.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00023.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00024.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0551.html
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/422807
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16296

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