Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.115.0 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2010-2164. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610, might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to an unspecified "image type within a certain function."

The weakness was presented 06/15/2010 with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-2164. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/26/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

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 165220 (SUSE Security Update for Flash Player (SUSE-SA:2010:024)).

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 Tenable (46858), SecurityFocus (BID 40780†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024086†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26039†). See VDB-44472, VDB-53657, VDB-53656 and VDB-53655 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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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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01/26/2025 +3601 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0464
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2164 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2164
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53633

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SecurityFocus: 40780 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR Image Processing Use After Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 40026
SecurityTracker: 1024086
Vulnerability Center: 26039 - [APSB10-14] Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier and AIR 1.5.3.9130 and Earlier Use After Free Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 01/26/2025 05:21
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (66), 02/27/2017 09:49 (9), 09/15/2021 18:41 (6), 09/15/2021 18:48 (2), 01/26/2025 05:21 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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