High 7.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Feb 21, 2010

CVE-2010-0188Unspecified 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 un…

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 8:20 PM ET)

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Mar 3, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Mar 24, 2022, and it is known to be used in ransomware. Treat that date as your deadline.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Mar 3, 2022; federal remediation due Mar 24, 2022; known ransomware useApply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 88.25% (percentile 100)
Assigned by: adobe
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Aug 13, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

adobe acrobat adobe:acrobat	from 8.0 before 8.2.1; from 9.0 before 9.3.1	NVD
adobe acrobat_reader adobe:acrobat_reader	from 8.0 before 8.2.1; from 9.0 before 9.3.1	NVD

References

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0399	vdb-entry, x-refsource-vupen, broken-link, vendor-advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56297	vdb-entry, x-refsource-xf, third-party-advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0114.html	vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, broken-link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html	vendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8697	vdb-entry, signature, x-refsource-oval, broken-link
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-07.html	x-refsource-confirm, broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38639	third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia, broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38195	vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid, broken-link, third-party-advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023601	vdb-entry, x-refsource-sectrack, broken-link, third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915	third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia, broken-link
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