Memory corruption in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2013-0640
Published: January 13, 2017 / Updated: March 8, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU4437
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0640
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling malicious files. A remote attacker can create specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling malicious files. A remote attacker can create specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Affected software
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader
Adobe Reader
How to mitigate CVE-2013-0640
Update Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x to 9.5.4.
Update Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x to 10.1.6.
Update Adobe Reader and Acrobat 11.x to 11.0.2.
Update Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x to 10.1.6.
Update Adobe Reader and Acrobat 11.x to 11.0.2.