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Vulnerability · CVE-2010-0188

Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Feb 21, 2010 · catalog updated Aug 14, 2026 · Adobe Acrobat and Reader

Patch now

CVE-2010-0188 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
88.25%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/acrobat · cpe adobe/acrobat reader · vendor Adobe Acrobat and Reader · vendor Adobe Reader and Acrobat · vendor n/a n/a

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe adobe/acrobatversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/acrobat readerversion unspecified
  • vendor Adobe Acrobat and Readerversion unspecified
  • vendor Adobe Reader and Acrobatversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2010-0188

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2010-0188 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-94: Code Injection. EPSS 88.25%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 22, 2010 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Mar 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Mar 24, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Aug 13, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

  5. Aug 14, 2026 · CVE.org

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2010-0188

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

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2010-0188

    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.

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2010-0188

    30-day exploitation probability 88.2%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference16670

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference21868

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference21869

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_windows/fileformat/adobe_libtiff

    Public module reference (good). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2010-0188

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2010-0188

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

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.