CVE-2013-0641: Adobe Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Adobe Reader which allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Reader allows remote code execution.
- Who is affected
- Users of Adobe Reader are potentially affected by this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- Immediate action is required as the vulnerability is critical and actively exploited.
- Action
- Update Adobe Reader to the latest version to resolve the issue.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0641
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2013-0641Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 98% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2013-0641 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Adobe Reader Buffer
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2009-3459: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2026-05-20
- criticalexploitedCVE-2010-2883: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-06-08
- criticalexploitedCVE-2007-5659: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-06-08
- criticalexploitedCVE-2009-0927: Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-25
- criticalexploitedCVE-2021-21017: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03
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