CVE-2010-2174 is a critical arbitrary code execution 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 prior to 2.0.2.12610. This "invalid pointer vulnerability" related to the newfunction (0x44) operator carries a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) through network-based attacks with medium complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, with one Reddit post mentioning its fix in a Flash update.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.