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Actively exploited · CISA KEV · NVD published 2010-09-09

CVE-2010-2883

Stack-based buffer overflow in CoolType.dll in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4, and 8.x before 8.2.5 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF document with a long field in a Smart INdependent Glyphlets (SING) table in a TTF font, as exploited in the wild in September 2010. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

  1. First PoC
  2. 5391 days →Metasploit
  3. 481 days →First cited attacker

Signals

Exploited in the wild
Yesadded 2022-06-08 · due 2022-06-22. An observation, not a forecast.
EPSS · 30-day forecast
81%Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile of all CVEs. A forecast; KEV outranks it.
CVSS · NVD · HIGH
7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Internet exposure
not stated by sourcesNo exposure census on this CVE's dispatches.

Exploits

4 known · links only

Metasploit2

  1. Adobe CoolType SING Table "uniqueName" Stack Buffer Overflow ↗

    This module exploits a vulnerability in the Smart INdependent Glyplets (SING) table handling within versions 8.2.4 and 9.3.4 of Adobe Reader. Prior versions are assumed to be vulnerable as well.

    ruby · seen 2026-10-18

  2. Adobe CoolType SING Table "uniqueName" Stack Buffer Overflow ↗

    This module exploits a vulnerability in the Smart INdependent Glyplets (SING) table handling within versions 8.2.4 and 9.3.4 of Adobe Reader. Prior versions are assumed to be vulnerable as well.

    ruby · seen 2026-10-18

Exploit-DB2

  1. Adobe CoolType - SING Table 'uniqueName' Remote Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (1) ↗

    created 2010-09-20

  2. Adobe CoolType - SING Table 'uniqueName' Local Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2) ↗

    created 2010-09-25

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