CVE-2010-2206

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.0% 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-189

Description

Array index error in AcroForm.api in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image in a PDF file, which bypasses a size check and triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-88/
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512092/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41241
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%3A7200
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-88/
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512092/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41241
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024159

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