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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Shockwave Player up to 8.0.195 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple integer overflows in the allocator in the TextXtra.x32 module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.8.612 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) element count or (2) element size value in a file.

The weakness was disclosed 08/26/2010 (Website). The advisory is available at adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2879 since 07/27/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48436 (Shockwave Player < 11.5.8.612), 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 118432 (Adobe Shockwave Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSB10-20)).

Upgrading to version 8.0.196 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (48436). The entries 54616, 54545, 54544 and 54543 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Multimedia Player Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Shockwave Player

Version

• 8.0.195

License

• free

Support

• end of life

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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• 🔍
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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

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Current Price Estimation: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 48436
Nessus Name: Shockwave Player < 11.5.8.612
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 902237
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities Aug-10
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Shockwave Player 8.0.196
McAfee IPS: 🔍
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Timelineinfo

07/27/2010 🔍
08/25/2010 +29 days 🔍
08/25/2010 +0 days 🔍
08/26/2010 +1 days 🔍
08/26/2010 +0 days 🔍
08/26/2010 +0 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1666 days 🔍
09/24/2021 +2381 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2010-2879 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

SecurityTracker: 1024361 - Adobe Shockwave Player Has Multiple Flaws That Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code or Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 26906 - [APSB10-20] Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.7.609 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution due to integer overflow, Critical
SecurityFocus: 42664
Secunia: 41065
Vupen: ADV-2010-2176

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/24/2021 05:31
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (61), 03/03/2017 08:16 (15), 09/24/2021 05:31 (4)
Complete: 🔍

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