Is CVE-2010-2883 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. CVE-2010-2883 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2022-06-08.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2010-2883?

CVE-2010-2883 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2010-2883?

CVE-2010-2883 has an EPSS score of 82.48% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2883?

Upgrade Adobe Acrobat 2020 to 9.4 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2010-2883

HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctl

7.3

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

Adobe Acrobat 2020Windows application

Affected:9.0 9.4Fixed in:9.4

Affected:8.0 8.2.5Fixed in:8.2.5

Adobe Acrobat ProWindows application

Affected:9.0 9.4Fixed in:9.4

Affected:8.0 8.2.5Fixed in:8.2.5

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

82.48%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

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).

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2022-06-22

References

Vendor Advisory7

Third-Party Advisory5

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Other references7

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix

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