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TI-2010-00183 Aliases CVE-2010-0188GHSA-g5pc-j3x2-5p8p

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

Priority CRITICAL 93Exploited in the wildPublished · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2022-03-03CISA due date 2022-03-24Known ransomware use
EPSS 0.88246 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Active
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0 to before 8.2.1; 9.0 to before 9.3.1VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0 to before 8.2.1; 9.0 to before 9.3.1VulnerableAdobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 to before 8.2.1; 9.0 to before 9.3.1 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 to before 8.2.1; 9.0 to before 9.3.1 Vulnerable ·Adobe

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2010:0114 Released 2010-02-18 · Red Hat rating Critical
    acroread security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras acroread-9.3.1-1.el4.i386, acroread-plugin-9.3.1-1.el4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras acroread-9.3.1-1.el4.i386, acroread-plugin-9.3.1-1.el4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) acroread-9.3.1-1.el5.i386, acroread-plugin-9.3.1-1.el5.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras acroread-9.3.1-1.el4.i386, acroread-plugin-9.3.1-1.el4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) acroread-9.3.1-1.el5.i386, acroread-plugin-9.3.1-1.el5.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras acroread-9.3.1-1.el4.i386, acroread-plugin-9.3.1-1.el4.i386

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Critical. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2010:0114
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2010:0114
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)Fixed RHSA-2010:0114
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2010:0114
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)Fixed RHSA-2010:0114
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2010:0114

Timeline

  1. 2022-03-03 Added to CISA KEV
  2. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-0188
  3. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g5pc-j3x2-5p8p

References

Advisory 4

Other 1

  • TI-2014-00524 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.11 and 11.x before 11.0.08 on Windows allow… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-02915 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.5, 10.x before 10.1.7, and 11.x before 11.0.03… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-02389 Integer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.5, 10.x before 10.1.7, and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2011-02156 Unspecified vulnerability in the U3D component in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.1.1 and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-09626 Adobe Acrobat Reader use after free vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-04123 Acrobat Reader DC Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Could Lead To Arbitrary Code Execution KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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