CVE-2010-2883

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.814 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 5 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

81.4% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-06-08remediate by 2022-06-22

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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

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

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.3–9.8

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

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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-787USprimaryCWE-121US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

exploits (5)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/windows/browser/adobe_cooltype_singAdobe CoolType SING Table "uniqueName" Stack Buffer Overflowweaponized · metasploit
exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_cooltype_singAdobe CoolType SING Table "uniqueName" Stack Buffer Overflowweaponized · metasploit
EDB-16494Adobe CoolType - SING Table 'uniqueName' Remote Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (1)functional · exploit_db
EDB-16619Adobe CoolType - SING Table 'uniqueName' Local Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2)functional · exploit_db
avielzecharia/CVE-2010-2883Playing with CVE-2010-2883PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Reader≤ 9.3.4fstec_bduRU
adobe acrobat8.0 → 8.2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat9.0 → 9.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat reader8.0 → 8.2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat reader9.0 → 9.4nvdUScpe: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 2010-09-09modified 2026-06-16

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references (39)

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