CVE-2013-3346

Adobe Reader and Acrobat: Memory Corruption

As of , CVE-2013-3346 in Adobe Reader and Acrobat is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 3 March 2022
US federal deadline
24 March 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.79Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.94 on 3 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
2 Metasploit modules and 1 Exploit-DB entry (1 verified)
Fix
No vendor link in CISA's entry

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Adobe Reader and Acrobat contain a memory corruption vulnerability which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

CISA's description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.5, 10.x before 10.1.7, and 11.x before 11.0.03 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-2718, CVE-2013-2719, CVE-2013-2720, CVE-2013-2721, CVE-2013-2722, CVE-2013-2723, CVE-2013-2725, CVE-2013-2726, CVE-2013-2731, CVE-2013-2732, CVE-2013-2734, CVE-2013-2735, CVE-2013-2736, CVE-2013-3337, CVE-2013-3338, CVE-2013-3339, CVE-2013-3340, and CVE-2013-3341.

The CVE record's description, from adobe

CVE published
30 August 2013
Assigned by
adobe
CVSS
8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 30394).
  3. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  4. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Public exploits

Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.

Reader and Acrobat: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2011-2462Universal 3D Memory CorruptionAdobe Reader and AcrobatPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.89; verified Exploit-DB entry0.89
CVE-2009-0927Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer OverflowAdobe Reader and AcrobatPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.97; verified Exploit-DB entry0.97
CVE-2010-0188Arbitrary Code ExecutionAdobe Reader and AcrobatPatch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.88; verified Exploit-DB entry0.88
CVE-2013-0640Memory CorruptionAdobe Reader and AcrobatPatch this weekEPSS 0.87; verified Exploit-DB entry0.87
CVE-2013-2729Arbitrary Integer OverflowAdobe Reader and AcrobatPatch this weekEPSS 0.670.67
CVE-2014-0496Use-After-FreeAdobe Reader and AcrobatPatch soon0.40
CVE-2014-0546Sandbox BypassAdobe Reader and AcrobatPatch soon0.22

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