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Vulnerability · CVE-2013-0640

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Published Feb 13, 2013 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Acrobat and Reader

Patch now

CVE-2013-0640 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
86.93%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/acrobat · cpe adobe/acrobat reader · cpe opensuse/opensuse · cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop · cpe suse/linux enterprise desktop · vendor Adobe Acrobat and Reader

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe adobe/acrobatversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/acrobat readerversion unspecified
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse11.4
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse12.1
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop6.0
  • cpe suse/linux enterprise desktop10
  • vendor Adobe Acrobat and Readerversion unspecified
  • vendor Adobe Reader and Acrobatversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2013-0640

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2013-0640 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with redhat/enterprise linux desktop 6.0; suse/linux enterprise desktop 10. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS 86.93%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 13, 2013 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Mar 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Mar 24, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2013-0640

    An memory corruption vulnerability exists in the acroform.dll in Adobe Reader that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2013-0640

    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.

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2013-0640

    30-day exploitation probability 86.9%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference29881

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2013-0640

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2013-0640

    An memory corruption vulnerability exists in the acroform.dll in Adobe Reader that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.