CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-2883

7.3 HIGH Known exploited Published 2010-09-09 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability — Adobe Acrobat and Reader

Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).

Added to KEV
2022-06-08
Remediation due
2022-06-22
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2883
Status
Analyzed
Published
2010-09-09
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in CoolType.dll in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4, and 8.x before 8.2.5 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF document with a long field in a Smart INdependent Glyphlets (SING) table in a TTF font, as exploited in the wild in September 2010. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected configurations

• adobe acrobat (>= 8.0 < 8.2.5) • adobe acrobat (>= 9.0 < 9.4) • adobe acrobat reader (>= 8.0 < 8.2.5) • adobe acrobat reader (>= 9.0 < 9.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References