CVE-2010-1241
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 9.2%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the custom heap management system in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.2, and 8.x before 8.2.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document, aka FG-VD-10-005.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 9.2% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1271)
- Published
- April 5, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1271 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
- apple / mac os x
- microsoft / windows
References
- http://blog.fortinet.com/the-upcoming-blackhat-europe-2010-presentation/(Exploit)
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006077.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-09.html
- http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-eu-10/bh-eu-10-briefings.html#Li
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39227
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39329
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103C.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0873(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EVHtY1-0q8
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57589
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6940
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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