# CVE-2010-2883

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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2010-2883
- CVSS: 7.3
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-06-08; CISA due date 2022-06-22
- EPSS: 81.38% (percentile 99.6)
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB · 2 Metasploit modules · 1 GitHub proof of concept (first 2010-09-20)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-04)
- Weakness: CWE-787
- Published: 2010-09-09

## Affected

- adobe:acrobat
- adobe:acrobat_reader

## References

- [advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html
- [other] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191
- [other] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11586
- [other] http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-02.html
- [advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/43025
- [other] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0344
- [advisory] http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml
- [other] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2331
- [advisory] http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/491991
- [advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html
- [other] http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html
- [advisory] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html
- [advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/41340
- [other] http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/09/10/brief-analysis-on-adobe-reader-sing-table-parsing-vulnerability-cve-2010-2883.aspx
- [other] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635
- [other] http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html
- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43057
- [advisory] http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-2j.txt
- [advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2883

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