CVE-2010-0188

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.2.1 and 9.x before 9.3.1...

7.8 HighIn KEVPublic exploit

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.2.1 and 9.x before 9.3.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

88.2%Down 2.3 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2010-0188
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 7.8

Record: CVE-2010-0188
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2010-0219 7.8

Record: EUVD-2010-0219
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g5pc-j3x2-5p8p 7.8

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.2.1 and 9.x before 9.3.1...

Record: GHSA-g5pc-j3x2-5p8p
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

CISA KEV No score

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Record: CVE-2010-0188
Weakness: CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:9.3.1-1.el4	0:9.3.1-1.el4
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:9.3.1-1.el4	0:9.3.1-1.el4
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:9.3.1-1.el5	0:9.3.1-1.el5
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:9.3.1-1.el5	0:9.3.1-1.el5
`acroread` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:9.3.1-1.el5	0:9.3.1-1.el5
`acroread-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:9.3.1-1.el5	0:9.3.1-1.el5

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Metasploit	Adobe Acrobat Bundled LibTIFF Integer Overflow	2010-02-16
Exploit-DB	Adobe Reader PDF - LibTiff Integer Overflow Code Execution	2010-03-17
Exploit-DB	Adobe Acrobat - Bundled LibTIFF Integer Overflow (Metasploit)	2010-09-25
Exploit-DB	Apple iOS Mobile Safari - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)	2012-10-09
Exploit-DB	Apple iOS Mobile Mail - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)	2012-10-09

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	exploitation, exploits
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2010-0188 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Adobe Acrobat, published February 21, 2010. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since March 3, 2022. EUVD reports exploitation since March 3, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 88.2%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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