CVE-2010-0188

CRITICALNVD 7.89.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-03), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 88%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · kev ransomware · Metasploit · Exploit-DB (verified) · epss top5pct · epss high · public exploitExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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 v3
7.8
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
81(Attend)
EG Risk 81/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
88%
EPSS %ILE
100%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

February 22, 2010

Last Modified

August 14, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated May 19, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

IBM X-Force Exchange

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56297
generic

VUPEN Security - Vulnerability Research and Intelligence

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0399
generic
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38195
generic

Support

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0114.html
generic
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023601
generic

About Secunia Research | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
generic

About Secunia Research | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/38639

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatacroread-0:9.3.1-1.el52010-02-18redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 89× in last 7d / 388× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 1,424 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-20 17:46 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-20 17:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-20 13:39 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-20 13:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-20 09:32 UTCVendor advisory
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  7. 2026-09-20 05:24 UTCVendor advisory
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  9. 2026-09-20 01:17 UTCVendor advisory
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  11. 2026-09-19 21:10 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-19 21:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-19 17:03 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-19 17:03 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-19 17:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-19 12:54 UTCVendor advisory
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  18. 2026-09-19 08:46 UTCVendor advisory
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  24. 2026-09-18 20:21 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-09-18 19:20 UTCCISA KEV update
  2. 2026-09-18 16:14 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-18 16:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-18 14:15 UTCCISA KEV update
  5. 2026-09-18 12:07 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-18 12:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-18 08:00 UTCVendor advisory
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  9. 2026-09-18 03:53 UTCVendor advisory
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  11. 2026-09-17 23:46 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-17 23:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-17 19:38 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-17 19:38 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-17 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-17 15:31 UTCVendor advisory
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  18. 2026-09-17 11:24 UTCVendor advisory
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  20. 2026-09-17 07:15 UTCVendor advisory
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  22. 2026-09-17 03:06 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-17 03:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-16 22:59 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-16 22:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-16 18:52 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-09-16 18:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-16 14:43 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-16 14:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-16 14:10 UTCCISA KEV update
  31. 2026-09-16 10:36 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-09-16 10:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-16 06:28 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-09-16 06:28 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-09-16 06:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-09-16 02:21 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-09-16 02:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-15 22:13 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-09-15 22:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-15 18:05 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-09-15 18:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-15 13:57 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-09-15 13:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-15 09:50 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-15 09:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-15 05:42 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-09-15 05:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-15 01:34 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-09-15 01:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-09-14 21:27 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-14 21:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-14 19:24 UTCCISA KEV update
  53. 2026-09-14 17:20 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-14 17:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-09-14 13:13 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-14 13:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-14 09:06 UTCVendor advisory
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  59. 2026-09-14 04:58 UTCVendor advisory
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  61. 2026-09-14 00:51 UTCVendor advisory
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  63. 2026-09-13 20:44 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-09-13 20:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-09-13 16:37 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-09-13 16:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-09-13 12:30 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-09-13 12:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-09-13 08:22 UTCVendor advisory
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  75. 2026-09-12 20:01 UTCVendor advisory

Publicly available exploits

(5 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (4 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-21869✓ verified
    First seen Oct 9, 2012

    Apple iOS Mobile Mail - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-21868✓ verified
    First seen Oct 9, 2012

    Apple iOS Mobile Safari - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-16670✓ verified
    First seen Sep 25, 2010

    Adobe Acrobat - Bundled LibTIFF Integer Overflow (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-11787✓ verified
    First seen Mar 17, 2010

    Adobe Reader PDF - LibTiff Integer Overflow Code Execution

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_libtiff✓ verified
    First seen Feb 16, 2010

    Adobe Acrobat Bundled LibTIFF Integer Overflow

    Open source ↗

Related CVEs(same vendor + same CWE)

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redhat:RHSA-2010:0114

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2010-0188?
CVE-2010-0188 is a critical vulnerability published on February 22, 2010. 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.
When was CVE-2010-0188 disclosed?
CVE-2010-0188 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 22, 2010, with the most recent update on August 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2010-0188 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2010-0188 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 3, 2022, affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2010-0188?
CVE-2010-0188 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2010-0188?
CVE-2010-0188 affects Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2010-0188?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2010-0188, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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