Buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player
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 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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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: 0.746 (99.5th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.746 · newest: 0.746 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Shockwave Player — versions 11.5.6.606, 8.5.324, 3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-25.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62688 (vdb-entry)
- www.abysssec.com/blog/2010/10/adobe-shockwave-player-rcsl-chunk-memory-corrupti…
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15296 (Exploit, exploit)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/402231 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11285 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/44291 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2752 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-3653?
- CVE-2010-3653 is a vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2010-10-26.
- Is CVE-2010-3653 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.