Memory corruption in Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2010-0209
Published: January 1, 1970 / Updated: January 21, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5216
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0209
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error 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.
Affected software
Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Player
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
HP Systems Insight Manager
Adobe Flash Player
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
HP Systems Insight Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2010-0209
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
HP Systems Insight Manager - update to 6.2