CVE-2010-2201

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

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 a PDF file with crafted Flash content involving the (1) pushstring (0x2C) operator, (2) debugfile (0xF1) operator, and an "invalid pointer vulnerability" that triggers memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1285 and CVE-2010-2168.

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/1/512098
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41237
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%3A6854
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512098
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41237
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%3A6854

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