Investintech.com SlimPDF Reader does not properly restrict the arguments to unspecified function calls, which allows remote attackers to ca…

published 2011-11-01 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-4162

cvss: 9.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 7.4%; EPSS 7.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits: 3; Exploit-DB

Investintech.com SlimPDF Reader does not properly restrict the arguments to unspecified function calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document.

Patch / fix

links 1

kb.cert.org/vuls/id/275036 advisory

Timeline

2011-11-01 Published
2012-06-25 First public exploit (EDB-19393)

Exploit prediction

7.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-19393 Able2Doc and Able2Doc Professional 6.0 - Memory Corruption dos, 2012-06-25
EDB-19392 Able2Extract and Able2Extract Server 6.0 - Memory Corruption dos, 2012-06-25
EDB-19391 Slimpdf Reader 1.0 - Memory Corruption dos, 2012-06-25

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

kb.cert.org /vuls/id/275036
third-party-advisory, patch, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2011-4220
NVD CVE-2011-4220

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary