CVE-2010-2166 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 9.0.277.0 and 10.1.53.64, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 9.3, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code is readily available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability garnered some community discussion at the time, with one Reddit mention highlighting numerous code execution flaws fixed in a Flash update. Despite its age, the high severity indicates a significant risk if unpatched systems are encountered.
| 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
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