What is CVE-2010-2205?

CVE-2010-2205 is a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Code Injection. Published 2010-06-30.

Is CVE-2010-2205 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2010-2205

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, access uninitialized memory, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2010-06-30 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.043 (90.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.043 · newest: 0.043 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat — versions 8.0, 8.2, 9.1
Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions 8.0, 9.1, 9.3
Apple Mac OS X
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1636 (vdb-entry)
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7070 (signature, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-2205?: CVE-2010-2205 is a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Code Injection. Published 2010-06-30.
Is CVE-2010-2205 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.