CVE-2010-2212: adobe acrobat

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-2212 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in adobe acrobat. EPSS estimates a 4.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

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

Description

Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a PDF file containing Flash content with a crafted #1023 (3FFh) tag, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1295, CVE-2010-2202, CVE-2010-2207, CVE-2010-2209, CVE-2010-2210, and CVE-2010-2211.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.