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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.


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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'

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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00000.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/40144 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/40545 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43026 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-09.xml Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024085 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024086 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link  VDB Entry 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link 
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link  Patch  Third Party Advisory  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0464.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0470.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40759 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40808 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link  VDB Entry 
http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2010/TLSA-2010-19j.txt Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-162A.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1421 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1432 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1434 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1453 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1482 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1522 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1793 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0192 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59328 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7126 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE 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:
04/10/2025
Source:
Adobe Systems Incorporated