Is CVE-2013-0640 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. CVE-2013-0640 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2022-03-03.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2013-0640?

CVE-2013-0640 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2013-0640?

CVE-2013-0640 has an EPSS score of 86.98% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0640?

Upgrade Adobe Acrobat 2020 to 9.5.4 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2013-0640

HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

Adobe Acrobat 2020Windows application

Affected:9.0 9.5.4Fixed in:9.5.4

Affected:11.0 11.0.02Fixed in:11.0.02

Affected:10.0 10.1.6Fixed in:10.1.6

Adobe Acrobat ProWindows application

Affected:10.0 10.1.6Fixed in:10.1.6

Affected:9.0 9.5.4Fixed in:9.5.4

Affected:11.0 11.0.02Fixed in:11.0.02

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

86.98%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2022-03-24

References

Vendor Advisory1

adobe.com

Third-Party Advisory6

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Other references4

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix

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