CVE-2010-2879

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-08-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the allocator in the TextXtra.x32 module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.8.612 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) element count or (2) element size value in a file.

Affected products

Adobe Shockwave Player: through 11.5.7.609; 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 (+33)

References

http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-10-12
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-20.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/513300/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024361
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2176
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11998
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-10-12
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-20.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/513300/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024361
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2176
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11998

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