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CVE-2010-2862 in the critical feed json

Integer overflow in CoolType.dll in Adobe Reader 8.2.3 and 9.3.3, and Acrobat 9.3.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-2866

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.3%
EPSS 16.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Integer overflow in CoolType.dll in Adobe Reader 8.2.3 and 9.3.3, and Acrobat 9.3.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TrueType font with a large maxCompositePoints value in a Maximum Profile (maxp) table.

Patch / fix

  • acroread RHEL 4 EXTRAS 9.3.4-1.el4
  • acroread RHEL 5 EXTRAS 9.3.4-1.el5
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 4 EXTRAS 9.3.4-1.el4
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 9.3.4-1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0636

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-2862 updated cvss 6.8

acroread: integer overflow flaw allows remote arbitrary code execution

  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras acroread 9.3.4-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.3.4-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras acroread 9.3.4-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.3.4-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 9.3.4-1.el5, acroread-plugin 9.3.4-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras acroread 9.3.4-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.3.4-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 9.3.4-1.el5, acroread-plugin 9.3.4-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras acroread 9.3.4-1.el4, acroread-plugin 9.3.4-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0636

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-14642)

Exploit prediction

16.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-14642 Acrobat Acrobat - Font Parsing Integer Overflow dos, 2010-08-14

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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