CVE-2010-2883
HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctlDescription
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 v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).
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Remediation due: 2022-06-22
References
- http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41340
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43025
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-02.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/491991
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43057
- http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-2j.txt
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2331
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0344
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11586
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2883
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