CVE-2010-1297
Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 22 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64; Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610; and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted SWF content, related to authplay.dll and the ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 (AVM2) newfunction instruction, as exploited in the wild in June 2010.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 82.53% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 4 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 9 June 2010
- CISA KEV
- Listed 8 June 2022 · due 22 June 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- adobe/air · adobe/flash player · adobe/acrobat · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 82.5% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1297
Public exploits (4)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
| EDB-ID | Title | Type | Published | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDB-16687source ↗ | Adobe Flash Player - 'newfunction' Invalid Pointer Use (Metasploit) (2)windows · Metasploit | local | 25 September 2010 | yes |
| EDB-16614source ↗ | Adobe Flash Player - 'newfunction' Invalid Pointer Use (Metasploit) (1)windows · Metasploit | local | 20 September 2010 | yes |
| EDB-14853source ↗ | Adobe Acrobat Reader and Flash Player - 'newclass' Invalid Pointerwindows · Abysssec | remote | 1 September 2010 | yes |
| EDB-13787source ↗ | Adobe Flash / Reader - Live Malwaremultiple · anonymous | remote | 9 June 2010 | yes |
References
- http://blog.zynamics.com/2010/06/09/analyzing-the-currently-exploited-0-day-for-adobe-reader-and-adobe-flash/Exploit
- http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2010/06/09/having-fun-with-adobe-0-day-exploits.aspxBroken Link
- http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751Broken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40026Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40034Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40144Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40545Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43026Broken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-09.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024057Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024058Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024085Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024086Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435Broken Link
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.htmlNot Applicable
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.htmlNot Applicable
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13787Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/486225Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/65141Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0464.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0470.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40586Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40759Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2010/TLSA-2010-19j.txtBroken Link
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-162A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.