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CVE-2010-2173

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2173 is an invalid pointer vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 9.0.277.0 and 10.x prior to 10.1.53.64, as well as Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610. This critical vulnerability, rated 9.3 CVSS, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, indicating awareness among security professionals.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.20.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.28.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0744 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:9.0.277.0-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:10.1-2.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-2173Critical

flash-plugin: multiple security flaws (APSB10-14)

Jun 10, 2010

References

itrc.hp.com / service/cki/docDisplay.do
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
secunia.com / advisories/40144
secunia.com / advisories/40545
secunia.com / advisories/43026
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201101-09.xml
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16261
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6762
support.apple.com / kb/HT4435
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0464.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0470.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/511848/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/40759
securityfocus.com / bid/40800
turbolinux.co.jp / security/2010/TLSA-2010-19j.txt
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-162A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1421
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1432
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1434
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1453
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1482
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1522
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1793
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0192