CVE-2010-2883 on CISA KEV

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

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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…

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00001.html
• www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0191
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
• www.adobe.com — http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-02.html
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/43025
• www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0344
• security.gentoo.org — http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-08.xml
• www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2331
• www.kb.cert.org — http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/491991
• www.redhat.com — http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0743.html
• www.adobe.com — http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-279A.html
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/41340
• community.websense.com — http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/09/10/brief-analys…
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61635
• blog.metasploit.com — http://blog.metasploit.com/2010/09/return-of-unpublished-adobe.html
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43057
• www.turbolinux.co.jp — http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2011/TLSA-2011-2j.txt
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

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06Detection

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