CVE-2010-0188

HIGH7.8

CISA KEV

Published 2010-02-22 · Updated 2026-08-14 · Source psirt@adobe.com

Summary

CVE-2010-0188 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 3, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by March 24, 2022. CISA also lists it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns, so it should be prioritised accordingly. Adobe has 83 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 11 of them linked to ransomware.

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Description

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.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Adobe — Reader and Acrobat

Name: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Date added: 2022-03-03 · Due: 2022-03-24

USED IN RANSOMWARE

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

References

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