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AcrobatApplication · Adobe

CVE-2010-3629

HIGH · 9.3 CVSS v2.0 Published 2010-10-06
Patch available
A vendor patch is available. No clean upgrade release — apply the published patch.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4, and 8.x before 8.2.5 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3620.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-20

The application accepts input without confirming it is well-formed or within expected bounds, so malformed data can push the program into states its author never anticipated. Attackers probe these gaps to trigger crashes, bypass logic, or feed tainted values into more dangerous operations downstream. Remediating it well means validating and normalising every input at the boundary against a strict allow-list — not merely filtering known-bad values.

General guidance for the improper input validation class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
AcrobatApplication
Affected:= 8.0= 8.1= 8.1.1= 8.1.2= 8.1.3= 8.1.4= 8.1.5= 8.1.6= 8.1.7= 8.2= 8.2.1= 8.2.2
Acrobat ReaderApplication
Affected:= 8.0= 8.1= 8.1.1= 8.1.2= 8.1.4= 8.1.5= 8.1.6= 8.1.7= 8.2= 8.2.1= 8.2.2= 8.2.3

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Patch available Apply the vendor patch
Vendor patch www.adobe.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

Adobe Acrobat/Reader 8.2.5 or later (or migrate to a supported version such as 9.4 or newer)

  1. Identify the exact version of Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader installed in the environment
  2. Navigate to the Adobe security bulletin at http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-21.html to obtain the official patch
  3. For Adobe Acrobat 8.x versions (8.0, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2): upgrade to version 8.2.5 or later
  4. For Adobe Reader 8.x versions (8.0, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2): upgrade to version 8.2.5 or later
  5. Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the application version information
  6. Restart any running instances of Adobe Acrobat or Reader
Caveat Older plugins or extensions designed for version 8.x may require testing or updates for compatibility with version 8.2.5

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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