Adobe Shockwave Player prior 6.0 Fonts memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Shockwave Player. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Fonts. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2010-0987. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Shockwave Player (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Fonts. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded fonts in a Shockwave file.

The weakness was released 05/13/2010 by Alin Rad Pop with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0987. 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. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/13/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 46329 (Shockwave Player < 11.5.7.609 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-12)), 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 118031 (Adobe Shockwave Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB10-12)).

Upgrading to version 6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (46329), SecurityFocus (BID 40093†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25726†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-53206, VDB-53205, VDB-53204 and VDB-53203. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 46329
Nessus Name: Shockwave Player < 11.5.7.609 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-12)
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OpenVAS ID: 801335
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities May-10
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Shockwave Player 6.0
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03/18/2010 🔍
05/11/2010 +54 days 🔍
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05/13/2010 +2 days 🔍
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05/16/2010 +3 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1768 days 🔍
09/13/2021 +2370 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Alin Rad Pop
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0987 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0987
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53186

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SecurityFocus: 40093 - Adobe Shockwave Player CVE-2010-0987 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 38751
Vulnerability Center: 25726 - [APSB10-12] Adobe Shockwave Player Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via Crafted Fonts, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/13/2021 11:00
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (63), 02/24/2017 10:15 (10), 09/13/2021 10:54 (4), 09/13/2021 11:00 (1)
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