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CVE-2010-1241

34
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1241 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9.x prior to 9.3.2 and 8.x prior to 8.2.2 on both Windows and Mac OS X. This flaw, triggered by specially crafted PDF documents, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but offering complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0921 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: acroread-0:9.3.2-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:9.3.2-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-1241Critical

Acroread: Heap-based overflow by opening a specially-crafted PDF file (FG-VD-10-005)

Mar 23, 2010

References

blog.fortinet.com / the-upcoming-blackhat-europe-2010-presentation
Exploit
lists.immunitysec.com / pipermail/dailydave/2010-April/006077.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/57589
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6940
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb10-09.html
blackhat.com / html/bh-eu-10/bh-eu-10-briefings.html
securityfocus.com / bid/39227
securityfocus.com / bid/39329
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-103C.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0873
Vendor Advisory
youtube.com / watch