CVE-2010-2862
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 16.3%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in CoolType.dll in Adobe Reader 8.2.3 and 9.3.3, and Acrobat 9.3.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TrueType font with a large maxCompositePoints value in a Maximum Profile (maxp) table.
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-189
- EPSS score
- 16.3% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2866)
- Published
- August 5, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2866 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat reader
- adobe / acrobat reader
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40766(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityevaluators.com/files/papers/CrashAnalysis.pdf
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-231A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-threats/2010/08/04/adobe-confirms-pdf-security-hole-in-reader-40089737/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11693
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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