Adobe · Acrobat and Reader
CVE-2010-2883
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
What it is
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.
CISA: Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).
What to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Deadline for US federal agencies: June 22, 2022
- Added to the CISA list
- June 8, 2022
- Published
- September 9, 2010
- Severity
- High 7.3 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 81% in the top 0.4% of all known vulnerabilities
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (19)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html
- http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-2j.txt
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11586
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-02.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43025
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0344
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2331
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/491991
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41340
- http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/09/10/brief-analysis-on-adobe-reader-sing-table…
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635
- http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43057
More exploited flaws from Adobe
| Added | Vulnerability | Product | Severity | Attack chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Heap-Based Buffer Overflow | Acrobat and Reader | High 8.8 | 87% |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Prototype Pollution | Acrobat and Reader | High 8.6 | 7.2% |
| Oct 10, 2023 | Use-After-Free | Acrobat and Reader | High 7.8 | 59% |
| Sep 14, 2023 | Out-of-Bounds Write | Acrobat and Reader | High 7.8 | 6.7% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Buffer Overflow | Acrobat and Reader | High 7.8 | 87% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Unspecified | Acrobat and Reader | High 8.8 | 38% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Universal 3D Remote Code Execution | Acrobat and Reader | High 8.8 | 83% |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Use-After-Free | Acrobat and Reader | High 7.8 | 82% |
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.