Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.48.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Flash Player. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-3639. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Flash Player (Multimedia Player Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.289.0 and 10.x before 10.1.102.64 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris, and 10.1.95.1 on Android, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was shared 11/07/2010 by Matthew Bergin (Website). The advisory is shared at adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-3639 since 09/28/2010. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Matthew Bergin and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50613 (Adobe Acrobat 9.x < 9.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-28)), 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 118667 (Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB10-26)).

Upgrading to version 9.0.114.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (15426), Tenable (50613), SecurityFocus (BID 44692†), Secunia (SA42183†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28068†). The entries VDB-4211, VDB-4209, VDB-4210 and VDB-55381 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Matthew Bergin
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Nessus ID: 50613
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat 9.x < 9.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB10-28)
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OpenVAS ID: 68493
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Flash Player 9.0.114.0
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09/28/2010 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0829
Researcher: Matthew Bergin
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-3639 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3639
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55369

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SecurityFocus: 44692 - Adobe Flash Player CVE-2010-3639 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 42183 - Red Hat update for flash-plugin, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 28068 - [APSB10-26] Adobe Flash Player Remote DoS or Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via Unknown Vector, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-2903

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 12/27/2025 12:14
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (65), 03/08/2017 22:13 (21), 09/28/2021 16:16 (2), 09/28/2021 16:23 (1), 12/27/2025 12:14 (15)
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