CVE-2010-2883
adobe acrobat, adobe acrobat reader
Published 9 Sept 2010 · updated 16 Jun 2026 · Analyzed
7.3 High · CVSS 3.1, NVD
Exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 8 Jun 2022, with a remediation deadline of 22 Jun 2022 for US federal agencies.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
References
- blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html · Broken Link
- community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/09/10/brief-analysis-on-adobe-reader-sing-table-parsing-vulnerability-cve-2010-2883.aspx · Broken Link
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html · Broken Link
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html · Broken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/41340 · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/43025 · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml · Third Party Advisory
- www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-02.html · Vendor Advisory
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html · Vendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/491991 · Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html · Broken Link
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/43057 · Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-2j.txt · Broken Link
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html · Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2331 · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191 · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0344 · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635 · Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11586 · Broken Link
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2883 · US Government Resource