What is CVE-2010-1297?

CVE-2010-1297 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2010-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2010-1297?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2010-1297 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2010-1297 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-06-08), indicating it is being actively exploited. 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2010-1297

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64; Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610; and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted SWF content, related to authplay.dll and the ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 (AVM2) newfunction instruction, as exploited in the wild in June 2010.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2010-06-08 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.825 (99.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-16.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.822 · newest: 0.825 · change: +0.003

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Air
Adobe Flash Player
Apple Mac OS X
Microsoft Windows
openSUSE
SUSE Linux Enterprise — versions 10.0, 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2022-06-08. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-06-22.

Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1636 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/06/09/having-fun-with-ad… (Broken Link)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1349 (vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html (Not Applicable)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0192 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1421 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 (Broken Link)
secunia.com/advisories/40545 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
blog.zynamics.com/2010/06/09/analyzing-the-currently-exploited-0-day-for-adobe-… (Exploit)
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0464.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-1297?: CVE-2010-1297 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2010-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2010-1297?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2010-1297 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2010-1297 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-06-08), indicating it is being actively exploited. 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.