Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.115.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Adobe Flash Player. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2189. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610, when used in conjunction with VMWare Tools on a VMWare platform, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 06/15/2010 by Haifei Li with Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-2189. 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 05/25/2025). 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 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 (59338), Tenable (46858), SecurityFocus (BID 40799†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024086†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26227†). The entries VDB-44472, VDB-53656, VDB-53655 and VDB-53654 are pretty similar. 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: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Haifei Li
Organization: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2189 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2189
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53657

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X-Force: 59338
SecurityFocus: 40799 - Adobe Flash Player and AIR (CVE-2010-2189) Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 40026
SecurityTracker: 1024086
Vulnerability Center: 26227 - [APSB10-14] Adobe AIR and Flash Player Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via Unspecified Vectors, Medium

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/25/2025 08:03
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (61), 02/28/2017 11:25 (10), 09/16/2021 02:25 (4), 09/16/2021 02:32 (2), 01/26/2025 05:43 (18), 05/25/2025 08:03 (2)
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