HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2011-4220

Slimpdf Reader vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
7.4%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Investintech
Affected product
Slimpdf Reader
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2011-11-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-4220

  • Confirm whether Investintech Slimpdf Reader is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-4220.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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