# CVE-2010-2883: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

> CVE-2010-2883: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVSS 7.3 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2010-2883
Last updated: 2025-10-22T00:05:51Z

- Published: 2010-09-09 21:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-22 00:05 UTC · Assigner: adobe
- CVSS: 7.3 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 81.4%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-06-08, federal due date 2022-06-22, ransomware use: Unknown

## 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.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Adobe: Acrobat and Reader

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2883)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2883)
- [http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html](http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html)
- [http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/09/10/brief-analysis-on-adobe-reader-sing-table-parsing-vulnerability-cve-2010-2883.aspx](http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/09/10/brief-analysis-on-adobe-reader-sing-table-parsing-vulnerability-cve-2010-2883.aspx)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/41340](http://secunia.com/advisories/41340)
- [http://secunia.com/advisories/43025](http://secunia.com/advisories/43025)
- [http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml](http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml)
- [https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635](https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635)
- [https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11586](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%253Aorg.mitre.oval%253Adef%253A11586)
- [http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-02.html](http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-02.html)
- [http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html](http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html)
- [http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/491991](http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/491991)
- [http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html](http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43057](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43057)
- [http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-2j.txt](http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-2j.txt)
- [http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html](http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html)
- [http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2331](http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2331)
- [http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191](http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191)
- [http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0344](http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0344)

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