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CVE-2012-1530

Heap-based buffer overflow in the XSLT engine in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.3, 10.x...

10.0 High

CVE-2012-1530 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Adobe Acrobat, published January 10, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.57%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
10.0 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
8.57%EPSS, 95th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the XSLT engine in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.3, 10.x before 10.1.5, and 11.x before 11.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a PDF file containing an XSL file that triggers memory corruption when the lang function processes XML data with a crafted node-set.

Exploit likelihood

8.57%Up 4.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
acroread
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 0:9.5.3-1.el5_9
0:9.5.3-1.el5_9
acroread-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 0:9.5.3-1.el5_9
0:9.5.3-1.el5_9
acroread
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 0:9.5.3-1.el6_3
0:9.5.3-1.el6_3
acroread-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 0:9.5.3-1.el6_3
0:9.5.3-1.el6_3

What each source reports

NVD Score used10.0

Heap-based buffer overflow in the XSLT engine in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.3, 10.x before 10.1.5, and 11.x before 11.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a PDF file containing an XSL file that triggers memory corruption when the lang function processes XML data with a crafted node-set.

Record
CVE-2012-1530
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Heap-based buffer overflow in the XSLT engine in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.3, 10.x before 10.1.5, and 11.x before 11.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a PDF file containing an XSL file that triggers memory corruption when the lang function processes XML data with a crafted node-set.

Record
CVE-2012-1530
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-1548No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in the XSLT engine in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.3, 10.x before 10.1.5, and 11.x before 11.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a PDF file containing an XSL file that triggers memory corruption when the lang function processes XML data with a crafted node-set.

Record
EUVD-2012-1548
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gj65-qwj7-4qg8No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in the XSLT engine in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.3, 10.x...

Heap-based buffer overflow in the XSLT engine in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.3, 10.x before 10.1.5, and 11.x before 11.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a PDF file containing an XSL file that triggers memory corruption when the lang function processes XML data with a crafted node-set.

Record
GHSA-gj65-qwj7-4qg8
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02

History

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

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

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