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CVE-2010-2173 Detail

Description

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 "invalid pointer vulnerability" and the newclass (0x58) operator, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2174.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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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'

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00000.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/40144 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/40545 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/43026 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-09.xml Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024085 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024086 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0464.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0470.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511848/100/0/threaded Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40759 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40800 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2010/TLSA-2010-19j.txt Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-162A.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1421 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1432 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1434 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1453 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1482 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1522 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1793 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0192 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16261 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6762 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2173
NVD Published Date:
06/15/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Adobe Systems Incorporated