Memory corruption in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR - CVE-2010-2213
Published: January 21, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5218
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2213
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to multiple boundary errors when processing .swf files. A remote unauthenticated attacker can create a specially crated .swf file, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-2213
The vendor has issued the following versions to address this vulnerability:
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.82.76
AIR 2.0.3
Flash CS3 Professional and Flex 3 9.0.280
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.82.76
AIR 2.0.3
Flash CS3 Professional and Flex 3 9.0.280