CVE-2010-2883
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2022-06-08. Federal due date: 2022-06-22.
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Public exploit code
Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.
- Adobe CoolType - SING Table 'uniqueName' Local Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2)2010-09-25 · local · windows · Verified
- Adobe CoolType - SING Table 'uniqueName' Remote Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (1)2010-09-20 · remote · windows · Verified
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe | Acrobat | from 8.0 before 8.2.5 from 9.0 before 9.4 |
| Adobe | Acrobat Reader | from 8.0 before 8.2.5 from 9.0 before 9.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html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
- 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