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CVE-2010-0188

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0188 is an unspecified vulnerability impacting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 8.x before 8.2.1 and 9.x before 9.3.1. This flaw can lead to a denial of service (application crash) or potentially arbitrary code execution through unknown vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and its low attack complexity. This vulnerability is actively exploited, listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and has multiple Metasploit modules available, indicating widespread exploitability. Its high EPSS score, numerous community discussions, and extensive media coverage further highlight its critical nature and continued relevance to threat actors.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 8.0, < 8.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.0, < 9.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0, < 8.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.0, < 9.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
88.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 3, 2022
Metasploit: Adobe Acrobat Bundled LibTIFF Integer Overflow · Feb 16, 2010
ExploitDB: EDB-21869 · Oct 9, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8825 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: acroread-0:9.3.1-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:9.3.1-1.el5
View patch
adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0188Critical

acroread: unspecified code execution flaw

Feb 16, 2010

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38639
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38915
Broken Link
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/56297
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8697
Broken Link
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb10-07.html
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0114.html
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/38195
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0399
Broken LinkVendor Advisory