CVE-2011-0596 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Bitmap parsing component (2d.dll) of Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 10.x, 9.x, and 8.x on Windows and Mac OS X. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting an image with malicious height and width values for an RLE_8 compressed bitmap. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community or media discussion, suggesting it is not currently a high-profile threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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