# CVE-2013-0641: Adobe Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

> CVE-2013-0641: Adobe Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2013-0641
Last updated: 2025-10-22T00:05:44Z

- Published: 2013-02-14 01:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05 UTC · Assigner: adobe
- CVSS: 7.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 32.3%, 98th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-03-03, federal due date 2022-03-24, ransomware use: Unknown

## 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.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Adobe: Reader

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0641)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0641)
- [http://blog.fireeye.com/research/2013/02/in-turn-its-pdf-time.html](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.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://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/msg00021.html)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00023.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00023.html)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00024.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00024.html)
- [http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0551.html](http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0551.html)
- [http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml](http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml)
- [https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16296](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%253Aorg.mitre.oval%253Adef%253A16296)
- [http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html](http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html)
- [http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html](http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-07.html)
- [http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/422807](http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/422807)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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