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CVE-2011-0602

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0602 is a critical vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 10.x, 9.x, and 8.x on both Windows and Mac OS X. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting heap corruption through crafted JPEG2000 images embedded in PDF files. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a medium attack complexity but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0722 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 8,913 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: acroread-0:9.4.2-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: acroread-0:9.4.2-3.el6_0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:9.4.2-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-0602Critical

acroread: critical APSB11-03

Feb 8, 2011

References

labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
secunia.com / advisories/43470
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12562
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb11-03.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0301.html
securityfocus.com / bid/46221
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0337
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0492