CVE-2010-2883Stack-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 deni…
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.3 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-787
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Jun 8, 2022; federal remediation due Jun 22, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 81.38% (percentile 100)
- Assigned by
- adobe
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
adobe acrobat adobe:acrobat | from 8.0 before 8.2.5; from 9.0 before 9.4 | NVD |
adobe acrobat_reader adobe:acrobat_reader | from 8.0 before 8.2.5; from 9.0 before 9.4 | NVD |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, broken-link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191vdb-entry, x-refsource-vupen, broken-link, vendor-advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11586vdb-entry, signature, x-refsource-oval, broken-link
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-02.htmlx-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43025third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia, broken-link, vendor-advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0344vdb-entry, x-refsource-vupen, broken-link, vendor-advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-gentoo, third-party-advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2331vdb-entry, x-refsource-vupen, broken-link, vendor-advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/491991third-party-advisory, x-refsource-cert-vn, us-government-resource
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, broken-link
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.htmlx-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.htmlthird-party-advisory, x-refsource-cert, us-government-resource
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41340third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia, broken-link, vendor-advisory
- http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/09/10/brief-analysis-on-adobe-reader-sing-table-parsing-vulnerability-cve-2010-2883.aspxx-refsource-misc, broken-link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635vdb-entry, x-refsource-xf, third-party-advisory
- http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.htmlx-refsource-misc, broken-link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43057vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid, broken-link, third-party-advisory
- http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-2j.txtvendor-advisory, x-refsource-turbo, broken-link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, broken-link
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2883us-government-resource
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