Memory corruption in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2010-3629
Published: January 5, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU3503
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3629
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when processing images within PDF documents. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF document, trick the victim into opening it, cause memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on vulnerable system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader
Adobe Reader
How to mitigate CVE-2010-3629
Install the latest version from vendor's website. The vulnerability is fixed in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.4 and 8.2.5.