{
    "id": "CVE-2010-2883",
    "published": "2010-09-09 22:00:02",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:21:41",
    "cvss_score": "7.3",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-787",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.81376",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99629",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-06-22",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:17:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-06-22."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "adobe",
            "product": "acrobat"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "adobe",
            "product": "acrobat_reader"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "apple",
            "product": "macos"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2010-2883",
        "date_added": "2022-06-08",
        "due_date": "2022-06-22",
        "vendor": "Adobe",
        "product": "Acrobat and Reader",
        "name": "Adobe Acrobat and Reader Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "16619",
            "title": "Adobe CoolType - SING Table 'uniqueName' Local Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2)",
            "date": "2010-09-25",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16619"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "16494",
            "title": "Adobe CoolType - SING Table 'uniqueName' Remote Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (1)",
            "date": "2010-09-20",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16494"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html",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"
    ]
}