CVE-2011-0596

The Bitmap parsing component in 2d.dll in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before...

9.3 High

The Bitmap parsing component in 2d.dll in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.2, and 8.x before 8.2.6 on Windows and Mac OS X allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an image with crafted (1) height and (2) width values for an RLE_8 compressed bitmap, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0598, CVE-2011-0599, and CVE-2011-0602.

Exploit likelihood

7.16%Down 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

Record: CVE-2011-0596
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2011-0596
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2011-0614 No score

Record: EUVD-2011-0614
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-525f-cx6r-p4wx No score

The Bitmap parsing component in 2d.dll in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before...

Record: GHSA-525f-cx6r-p4wx
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 23 CVEs	before 0:9.4.2-1.el4	0:9.4.2-1.el4
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 23 CVEs	before 0:9.4.2-1.el4	0:9.4.2-1.el4
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 23 CVEs	before 0:9.4.2-1.el5	0:9.4.2-1.el5
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 23 CVEs	before 0:9.4.2-1.el5	0:9.4.2-1.el5
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 23 CVEs	before 0:9.4.2-1.el5	0:9.4.2-1.el5
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 23 CVEs	before 0:9.4.2-1.el5	0:9.4.2-1.el5
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:6 From an advisory covering 23 CVEs	before 0:9.4.2-3.el6_0	0:9.4.2-3.el6_0
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:6 From an advisory covering 23 CVEs	before 0:9.4.2-3.el6_0	0:9.4.2-3.el6_0

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2011-0596 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Adobe Acrobat, published February 10, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.16%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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