CVE-2010-3653
The Director module (dirapi.dll) in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.615 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Director movie with a crafted rcsL chunk containing a field whose value…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 74.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Director module (dirapi.dll) in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.615 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Director movie with a crafted rcsL chunk containing a field whose value is used as a pointer offset, as exploited in the wild in October 2010. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 74.63% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 21 October 2010
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- adobe/shockwave player
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 74.6% since 26 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.
Public exploits (2)
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.
References
- http://www.abysssec.com/blog/2010/10/adobe-shockwave-player-rcsl-chunk-memory-corruption-0day/
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-25.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15296Exploit
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/402231US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44291Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024635
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2752Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62688
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11285
- http://www.abysssec.com/blog/2010/10/adobe-shockwave-player-rcsl-chunk-memory-corruption-0day/
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-25.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15296Exploit
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/402231US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44291Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024635
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2752Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62688
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11285
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.