CVE-2010-1285

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified manipulations involving the newclass (0x58) operator and an "invalid pointer vulnerability" that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2168 and CVE-2010-2201.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat for Edge: 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.2 (+15)
Adobe Acrobat Reader: 9.0, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.2 (+13)

References

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512099
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41232
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024159
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1636
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6725
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512099
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41232
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024159
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1636
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6725

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