CVE-2010-0188

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.882 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 5 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

88.2% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-03-03remediate by 2022-03-24

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.2.1 and 9.x before 9.3.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.8–9.3

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v2.09.3criticalAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-94US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

exploits (5)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-11787Adobe Reader PDF - LibTiff Integer Overflow Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-16670Adobe Acrobat - Bundled LibTIFF Integer Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-21868Apple iOS Mobile Safari - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-21869Apple iOS Mobile Mail - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_libtiffAdobe Acrobat Bundled LibTIFF Integer Overflowfunctional · metasploit

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Acrobat Reader≤ 9.3fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Acrobat Reader≤ 9.2fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Acrobat Reader8.0 → 8.1.7fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Acrobat Reader9.0 → 9.1.3fstec_bduRU
adobe acrobat8.0 → 8.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat9.0 → 9.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat reader8.0 → 8.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat reader9.0 → 9.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2010-02-22modified 2026-08-14

references (21)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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