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CVE-2010-2883

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

  • High 7.3
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 8 Jun 2022

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.

Key facts

Published
9 Sep 2010
Last changed
22 Oct 2025
Assigned by
adobe
KEV added
8 Jun 2022
KEV fix due
22 Jun 2022
EPSS
81.376% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.645% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 7.3CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

  • Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/a
  • n/a (affected)

Timeline

  1. 9 Sep 2010 Published
  2. 8 Jun 2022 CVE-2010-2883 added to CISA KEV
  3. 8 Jun 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

References