Memory corruption in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2010-0195
Published: January 16, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU4611
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-2010-0195
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when processing fonts within PDF files. A remote attacker can create a specially specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability will result in system compromise.
Affected software
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Adobe Reader
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
How to mitigate CVE-2010-0195
The vendor has issued the following versions to address this vulnerability: 9.3.2, 8.2.2