CVE-2010-2883

high

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11586

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0344

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2331

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html

http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-2j.txt

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43057

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/491991

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-02.html

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/43025

http://secunia.com/advisories/41340

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.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http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-09-09

Updated: 2018-10-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High