CVE-2010-4091: adobe acrobat

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-4091 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in adobe acrobat. EPSS estimates a 18.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 07-11-2010
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The EScript.api plugin in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.1, and 8.x before 8.2.6 on Windows and Mac OS X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF document that triggers memory corruption, involving the printSeps function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

• 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.