CVE-2013-0640 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption

What is CVE-2013-0640?

CVE-2013-0640 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 14 Feb 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0640?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0640?

Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 24 Mar 2022.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2013-0640 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2013-0640 in the wild since at least 3 Mar 2022.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat

• CVE-2021-28550 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2021-21017 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0546 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Sandbox Bypass Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0496 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-3346 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8

All Adobe Acrobat vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5mvv-qmf3-7p25.