Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player

CVE-2010-3637

An unspecified ActiveX control in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.289.0 and 10.x before 10.1.102.64 (Flash10h.ocx) on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted FLV video.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2010-11-07 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.059 (93.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.059 · newest: 0.059 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_adobe_flash1 (Broken Link)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/42926 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2903 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0173 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/44690 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514652/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-26.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12259 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)