CVE-2013-0641

Exp

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.

Published: 2013-02-14 Last update: 2026-04-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2013-0641 is rated Critical Active Threat (90.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 87.96%, 99th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2022-03-03) affecting Adobe / Reader. a weakness (CWE-120) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

CISA KEV Record for CVE-2013-0641

Name: Adobe Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2022-03-03

Action due: 2022-03-24

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0641

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-26 88.39% 87.96% -0.43%
2 2025-10-22 89.39% 88.39% -1.01%
3 2025-03-30 — 89.39% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0641

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0641

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0641

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-0641: 1 GLSA(s) (201308-03), 1 atom(s) (app-text/acroread); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-0641
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0641
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-0641 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (acroread), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): released 4, ignored 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0641

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0641

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe acrobat >= 9.0, < 9.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat >= 10.0, < 10.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat >= 11.0, < 11.0.02 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader >= 10.0, < 10.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader >= 11.0, < 11.0.02 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat_reader >= 9.0, < 9.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 5.9 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 5.9 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 11.4 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 10 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:-:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0641

URL Tags
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-report.html Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/digging-into-the-sandbox-escape-technique-of-the-recent-pdf-exploit Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00023.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00024.html Mailing List Third 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/advisories/apsa13-02.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html Broken Link
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/422807 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16296 Broken Link
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-0641 US Government Resource
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