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CVE-2010-2185

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2185 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 9.0.277.0 and 10.1.53.64, and Adobe AIR prior to 2.0.2.12610. This flaw could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is a critical vulnerability, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is noted, there is some community discussion, including a Reddit post mentioning code execution flaws fixed in a Flash update.

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
8.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0872 is in the 74th 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-2010-2185Critical

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
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/59334
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16090
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7577
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 / bid/40759
securityfocus.com / bid/40806
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