CVE-2010-2883: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Adobe: Acrobat and Reader
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html (opens in new tab)
- community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/09/10/brief-analysis-on-adobe-reader-… (opens in new tab)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html (opens in new tab)
- secunia.com/advisories/41340 (opens in new tab)
- secunia.com/advisories/43025 (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml (opens in new tab)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635 (opens in new tab)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11586 (opens in new tab)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-02.html (opens in new tab)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html (opens in new tab)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/491991 (opens in new tab)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/43057 (opens in new tab)
- www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-2j.txt (opens in new tab)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html (opens in new tab)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2331 (opens in new tab)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191 (opens in new tab)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0344 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)