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CVE-2013-2720

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2720 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9.x, 10.x, and 11.x, allowing for arbitrary code execution or denial of service. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete impact on 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. This suggests it is not currently a widely targeted vulnerability, though patching is still highly recommended.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0455 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:9.5.5-1.el5_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: acroread-0:9.5.5-1.el6_4
View patch
adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-2720Critical

acroread: multiple code execution flaws (APSB13-15)

May 14, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00004.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0826.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201308-03.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16486
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb13-15.html
Vendor Advisory