9.3

CVE-2010-2168: adobe acrobat Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
Published 30-06-2010Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-2168 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in adobe acrobat. EPSS estimates a 14.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
14.27%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1

Timeline

  1. 30-06-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with crafted Flash content, involving the newfunction (0x44) operator and an "invalid pointer vulnerability" that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1285 and CVE-2010-2201.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

14.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 14.27% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
14.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databasedosmultipleVerified

    Adobe Acrobat Reader and Flash - 'newfunction' Remote Code Execution

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Adobe2 products
  • acrobat9.0 | 9.1 | 9.1.1 | 9.1.2 | 9.1.3 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.3.1 | 9.3.2 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1.1 | 8.1.2 | 8.1.3 | 8.1.4 | 8.1.5 | 8.1.6 | 8.1.7 | 8.2 | 8.2.1 | 8.2.2
  • acrobat_reader9.0 | 9.1 | 9.1.1 | 9.1.2 | 9.1.3 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.3.1 | 9.3.2 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1.1 | 8.1.2 | 8.1.4 | 8.1.5 | 8.1.6 | 8.1.7 | 8.2.1 | 8.2.2

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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