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CVE-2011-2438

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the image-parsing library in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8...

9.3 High

CVE-2011-2438 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Adobe Acrobat, published September 15, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.94%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
9.3 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
5.94%EPSS, 93rd percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the image-parsing library in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3.1, 9.x before 9.4.6, and 10.x before 10.1.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Exploit likelihood

5.94%Up 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
acroread
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
From an advisory covering 42 CVEs
before 0:9.4.6-1.el4
0:9.4.6-1.el4
acroread-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
From an advisory covering 42 CVEs
before 0:9.4.6-1.el4
0:9.4.6-1.el4
acroread
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
From an advisory covering 42 CVEs
before 0:9.4.6-1.el5
0:9.4.6-1.el5
acroread-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
From an advisory covering 42 CVEs
before 0:9.4.6-1.el5
0:9.4.6-1.el5
acroread
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
From an advisory covering 42 CVEs
before 0:9.4.6-1.el5
0:9.4.6-1.el5
acroread-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
From an advisory covering 42 CVEs
before 0:9.4.6-1.el5
0:9.4.6-1.el5
acroread
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
From an advisory covering 42 CVEs
before 0:9.4.6-1.el6
0:9.4.6-1.el6
acroread-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
From an advisory covering 42 CVEs
before 0:9.4.6-1.el6
0:9.4.6-1.el6

What each source reports

NVD Score used9.3

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the image-parsing library in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3.1, 9.x before 9.4.6, and 10.x before 10.1.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2011-2438
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the image-parsing library in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3.1, 9.x before 9.4.6, and 10.x before 10.1.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2011-2438
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-2427No score

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the image-parsing library in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3.1, 9.x before 9.4.6, and 10.x before 10.1.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Record
EUVD-2011-2427
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c5w9-4xx5-q9r3No score

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the image-parsing library in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8...

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the image-parsing library in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3.1, 9.x before 9.4.6, and 10.x before 10.1.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Record
GHSA-c5w9-4xx5-q9r3
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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