CVE-2013-0640
High 7.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.4, 10.x before 10.1.6, and 11.x before 11.0.02 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 87% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-787
Affected products
adobe: acrobat; adobe: acrobat reader; apple: mac os x; microsoft: windows; opensuse: opensuse; suse: linux enterprise desktop; redhat: enterprise linux desktop; redhat: enterprise linux eus; redhat: enterprise linux server; redhat: enterprise linux server aus; redhat: enterprise linux workstation; linux: linux kernel
References
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html Vendor Advisory
- http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2013/02/in-turn-its-pdf-time.html Broken Link
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2013/02/adobe-reader-and-acrobat-vulnerability-rep… Broken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00021.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00023.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00024.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0551.html Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html Broken Link