Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.115.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-2176. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2160, CVE-2010-2165, CVE-2010-2166, CVE-2010-2171, CVE-2010-2175, CVE-2010-2177, CVE-2010-2178, CVE-2010-2180, CVE-2010-2182, CVE-2010-2184, CVE-2010-2187, and CVE-2010-2188.

The weakness was shared 06/15/2010 with Palo Alto Networks (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-2176 since 06/07/2010. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 46858 (Adobe AIR < 2.0.2.12610 Multiple Vulnerabilities (ASPB10-14)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165160 (SUSE Security Update for FlashPlayer (SUSE-SA:2010:024)-Deprecated).

Upgrading to version 9.0.124.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9397.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (59325), Tenable (46858), SecurityFocus (BID 40787†), Secunia (SA40144†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1024085†). The entries VDB-44472, VDB-53657, VDB-53656 and VDB-53655 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 46858
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR < 2.0.2.12610 Multiple Vulnerabilities (ASPB10-14)
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OpenVAS ID: 67656
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 9.0.124.0
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03/19/2015 +1731 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0464
Organization: Palo Alto Networks
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2176 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2176
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53644

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X-Force: 59325
SecurityFocus: 40787 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR (CVE-2010-2176) Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 40144 - Adobe AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1024085 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitary Code, Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks, and Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 26119 - [APSB10-14] Adobe Flash Player and AIR Unspecified Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-1453

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22 PM
Updated: 05/25/2025 07:51 AM
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 PM (67), 02/28/2017 07:50 AM (18), 09/15/2021 09:42 PM (2), 09/15/2021 09:52 PM (1), 05/25/2025 07:51 AM (17)
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