{
  "id": "CVE-2010-2883",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2010-2883",
  "published": "2010-09-09T22:00:02.250Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-16T23:21:41.330Z",
  "score": 7.3,
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.81376,
  "epss_percentile": 0.99632,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2022-06-08",
    "due": "2022-06-22",
    "action": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2883"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "adobe"
  ],
  "products": [
    "adobe acrobat",
    "adobe acrobat reader"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "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.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 7.3,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/09/10/brief-analysis-on-adobe-reader-sing-table-parsing-vulnerability-cve-2010-2883.aspx",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/41340",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/43025",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-02.html",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/491991",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43057",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-2j.txt",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2331",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0344",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11586",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2883",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2883",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}