# CVE-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 (a

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-03-03, remediation due 2022-03-24
- Published: 2010-02-21 · Updated: 2026-08-14

## Summary

Adobe Reader and Acrobat are affected by this vulnerability. An attacker could exploit it to crash the application, and possibly run arbitrary code on the affected system.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0399
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56297
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0114.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8697
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-07.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38639
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38195
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023601
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38915

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