CVE-2010-2889

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 27.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4, and 8.x before 8.2.5 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted font, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3626.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat for Edge: 8.0, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4 (+19)
Adobe Acrobat Reader: 8.0, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.4, 8.1.5 (+18)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43025
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7009
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43025

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