What is CVE-2010-1280?

CVE-2010-1280 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2010-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2010-1280?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2010-1280 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player

CVE-2010-1280

Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted .dir (aka Director) file, related to (1) an erroneous dereference and (2) a certain Shock.dir file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2010-05-13 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.166 (96.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.166 · newest: 0.166 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secunia.com/advisories/38751 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-05/0139.html (mailing-list, Broken Link)
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-12.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511257/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Broken Link)
www.zeroscience.mk/codes/shockwave_mem.txt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2010-4937.php (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1128 (vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7184 (Tool Signature, signature, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-1280?: CVE-2010-1280 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2010-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2010-1280?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2010-1280 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.