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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-2206 · published 30 June 2010

CVE-2010-2206: Adobe acrobat vulnerability

Adobe · Acrobat

Array index error in AcroForm.api in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image in a PDF file, which bypasses a size check and triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 7.0% · top 6.1% CWE-189 · CWE-189
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
7.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Array index error in AcroForm.api in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image in a PDF file, which bypasses a size check and triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-88/
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512092/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41241
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024159
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1636
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7200
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-88/
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512092/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41241
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024159
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1636
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7200

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-2206), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.