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AirApplication · Adobe

CVE-2010-1297

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2010-06-08
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 2.0.2.12610 / 8.2.3 or later.
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97/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
In the wild High EPSS Public exploit No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
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.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player and Reader/Acrobat's ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 (AVM2) related to the newfunction instruction in authplay.dll. Attackers exploit crafted SWF content to achieve arbitrary code execution through heap manipulation.

MitigationDeploy vendor-provided patches: update Adobe Flash Player to 10.1.53.64+/9.0.277.0+, Adobe AIR to 2.0.2.12610+, and Adobe Reader/Acrobat to 9.3.3+/8.2.3+ across all affected Windows and Mac systems.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
AirApplication
Affected:< 2.0.2.12610
Flash PlayerApplication
Affected:< 9.0.277.0>= 10.0, < 10.1.53.64
AcrobatApplication
Affected:>= 8.0, < 8.2.3>= 9.0, < 9.3.3
OpensuseOperating system
Affected:>= 11.0, <= 11.2
Linux EnterpriseOperating system
Affected:= 10.0= 11.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Check Adobe Flash Player version in Windows
    Open a web browser and navigate to a Flash version check page (such as the Adobe version checker), or check the authplay.dll file properties in the System32 or SysWOW64 directory
    Affected if Version is less than 9.0.277.0, OR between 10.0 and 10.1.53.63 (inclusive)
  2. Check Adobe Flash Player version on Linux/Suse
    Run 'rpm -q flash-player' or check the installed package version via the package manager
    Affected if Version is less than 9.0.277.0, OR between 10.0 and 10.1.53.63 (inclusive)
  3. Check Adobe AIR version
    Run 'air -version' from command line, or check the installation directory for the AIR runtime version
    Affected if Version is less than 2.0.2.12610
  4. Check Adobe Acrobat version
    Launch Acrobat, go to Help > About Adobe Acrobat, or check the Windows registry under HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat\Version
    Affected if Version is 8.x and less than 8.2.3, OR version is 9.x and less than 9.3.3
  5. Check Adobe Reader version
    Launch Reader, go to Help > About Adobe Reader, or check the Windows registry under HKLM\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\Version
    Affected if Version is 8.x and less than 8.2.3, OR version is 9.x and less than 9.3.3

A system is affected if any Adobe Flash Player, AIR, Acrobat, or Reader installation matches the vulnerable version ranges and can process SWF content (which is the default behavior for unpatched installations).

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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AI-assisted, checked against the advisory. Informational, not a guarantee.

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 2.0.2.12610 / 8.2.3 / 9.0.277.0 or later
Fixed in 2.0.2.126108.2.39.0.277.0
Interim mitigation

Deploy vendor-provided patches: update Adobe Flash Player to 10.1.53.64+/9.0.277.0+, Adobe AIR to 2.0.2.12610+, and Adobe Reader/Acrobat to 9.3.3+/8.2.3+ across all affected Windows and Mac systems.

Recommended fix High confidence

Adobe Flash Player 10.1.53.64+, Adobe AIR 2.0.2.12610+, Adobe Reader/Acrobat 8.2.3+ or 9.3.3+

  1. 1. Identify which Adobe product is installed (Flash Player, AIR, or Acrobat/Reader) using system inventory or application listings
  2. 2. For Adobe Flash Player: Uninstall the vulnerable version and install Flash Player 10.1.53.64 or later (or preferably migrate to Ruffle as Flash is EOL)
  3. 3. For Adobe AIR: Uninstall the vulnerable version and install AIR 2.0.2.12610 or later (AIR is EOL; migrate to HTML5 alternatives)
  4. 4. For Adobe Reader/Acrobat on Windows/Mac: Uninstall vulnerable version and install version 8.2.3 (for 8.x) or 9.3.3 (for 9.x) or later
  5. 5. For OpenSUSE/Linux Enterprise systems: Run 'sudo zypper update' or 'sudo zypper patch' to apply Adobe security updates from vendor repositories
  6. 6. Verify successful installation by checking application version numbers
  7. 7. Restart any affected browsers or applications
Caveat Note: Adobe Flash Player and AIR reached End of Life (December 2020); consider migrating to Ruffle (Flash emulator) or HTML5 alternatives; OpenSUSE 11.x and Linux Enterprise 10/11 are also EOL and should be upgraded to modern supported versions

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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