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CVE-2010-2179 Detail

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) 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, when Firefox or Chrome is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to URL parsing.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Evaluator Impact

Per: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html 'Affected software versions Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris Adobe AIR 1.5.3.9130 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and Linux'

Evaluator Solution

Per: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html 'This update resolves a URL parsing vulnerability that could lead to cross-site scripting (Firefox and Chrome browsers only) (CVE-2010-2179).'

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751 Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-09.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024085 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024086 Broken Link  VDB Entry 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 Broken Link 
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html Broken Link  Patch  Third Party Advisory  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0464.html Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0470.html Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40759 Broken Link  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40808 Broken Link  VDB Entry 
http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2010/TLSA-2010-19j.txt Broken Link 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-162A.html Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1421 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1432 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1434 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1453 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1482 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1522 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1793 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0192 Broken Link 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59328 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7126 Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2179
NVD Published Date:
06/15/2010
NVD Last Modified:
09/15/2022
Source:
Adobe Systems Incorporated