{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-05-18T05:28:06+00:00","cve":"CVE-2011-4218","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2011-4218","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2011-4218.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4218","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4218"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2011-4218","description":"Investintech.com SlimPDF Reader does not prevent faulting-instruction data from affecting write operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document.","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"mitre","published_at":"2011-11-01 19:55:02","updated_at":"2026-04-29 01:13:23"},"problem_types":["CWE-399","n/a"],"metrics":[{"version":"2.0","source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","score":"9.3","severity":"","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","data":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","baseScore":9.3,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE"}}],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71098","name":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71098","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"IBM X-Force Exchange","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/275036","name":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/275036","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["US Government Resource"],"title":"US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#275036 - Investintech.com SlimPDF Reader contains multiple vulnerabilities","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4218","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4218","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","version":"affected n/a","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2011","cve_id":"4218","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"investintech","cpe5":"slimpdf_reader","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"adp":[{"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T00:01:51.432Z","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE"},"references":[{"name":"slimpdf-write-code-execution(71098)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"],"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71098"},{"name":"VU#275036","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_CERT-VN","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/275036"}],"title":"CVE Program Container"}],"cna":{"affected":[{"product":"n/a","vendor":"n/a","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"n/a"}]}],"datePublic":"2011-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Investintech.com SlimPDF Reader does not prevent faulting-instruction data from affecting write operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document."}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2017-08-28T12:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","shortName":"mitre"},"references":[{"name":"slimpdf-write-code-execution(71098)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF"],"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71098"},{"name":"VU#275036","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_CERT-VN"],"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/275036"}],"x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2011-4218","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"Investintech.com SlimPDF Reader does not prevent faulting-instruction data from affecting write operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"slimpdf-write-code-execution(71098)","refsource":"XF","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71098"},{"name":"VU#275036","refsource":"CERT-VN","url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/275036"}]}}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","assignerShortName":"mitre","cveId":"CVE-2011-4218","datePublished":"2011-11-01T19:00:00.000Z","dateReserved":"2011-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T00:01:51.432Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2011-11-01 19:55:02","lastModifiedDate":"2026-04-29 01:13:23","problem_types":["CWE-399","n/a"],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","baseScore":9.3,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE"},"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":8.6,"impactScore":10,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":true}]},"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:investintech:slimpdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"BE3CD3D1-2914-48F4-9D1A-943F417CE0A5"}]}]}]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2011","CveId":"4218","Ordinal":"1","Title":"CVE-2011-4218","CVE":"CVE-2011-4218","Year":"2011"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2011","CveId":"4218","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"Investintech.com SlimPDF Reader does not prevent faulting-instruction data from affecting write operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document.","Type":"Description","Title":"CVE-2011-4218"},{"CveYear":"2011","CveId":"4218","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2011-11-01","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2011","CveId":"4218","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2017-08-28","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}