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CVE-2013-0641

CVE-2013-0641HIGH

n/a n/a — Adobe Reader

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    7.8   .3235   98.3   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Dec 18  Reserved by adobe
  Feb 14  Published (CNA: adobe)
  Mar 3   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-03-24

CWE-120 · CNA: adobe · CVSS v3.1 · 13 references · KEV due March 24, 2022

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
December 18, 2012	Reserved	Reserved by adobe
February 14, 2013	Published	Published (CNA: adobe)
March 3, 2022	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-03-24

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-120

References (13)

http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2013/02/in-turn-its-pdf-time.html [x_refsource_MISC]
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2013/02/adobe-reader-and-acrobat-vulnerability-report.html [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/digging-into-the-sandbox-escape-technique-of-the-recent-pdf-exploit [x_refsource_MISC]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00021.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00023.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00024.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0551.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO]
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/422807 [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16296 [vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-0641 [government-resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2013-0641 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-120

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