PT-2010-4372 · Adobe · Shockwave Player

Published 2010-08-26 · Updated 2018-10-10 · CVE-2010-2879

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Shockwave Player versions prior to 11.5.8.612

Description The issue is related to multiple integer overflows in the allocator in the TextXtra.x32 module. This can be exploited by remote attackers via a crafted file, specifically by manipulating the element count or element size value. The exploitation can lead to a denial of service due to heap memory corruption or potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 11.5.8.612, update to version 11.5.8.612 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-2879

Affected Products

Shockwave Player

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2879 · Security Note
• http://adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-20.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/513300/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1024361 · Note
• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-10-12 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2176 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11998 · Note