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CVE-2010-2862

49
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2862 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the CoolType.dll component of Adobe Reader 8.2.3 and 9.3.3, and Acrobat 9.3.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a TrueType font with an excessively large maxCompositePoints value within its Maximum Profile (maxp) table. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and moderate attack complexity, but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog and showing no active exploitation or significant community discussion, public exploit code is available via ExploitDB, indicating a potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:9.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
16.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-14642 · Aug 14, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1631 is in the 82nd 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-0:9.3.4-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:9.3.4-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-2862Critical

acroread: integer overflow flaw allows remote arbitrary code execution

Aug 4, 2010

References

secunia.com / advisories/40766
Vendor Advisory
securityevaluators.com / files/papers/CrashAnalysis.pdf
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11693
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-231A.html
US Government Resource
zdnet.co.uk / news/security-threats/2010/08/04/adobe-confirms-pdf-security-hole-in-reader-40089737