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CVE-2010-2179

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2179 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) 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), specifically when used with Firefox or Chrome. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML due to issues in URL parsing. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.0.277.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.0.0.0, < 10.1.53.64CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.0.2.12610CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0590 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.0 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-2010-2179Critical

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

Jun 10, 2010

References

itrc.hp.com / service/cki/docDisplay.do
Third Party Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/40144
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/40545
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/43026
Broken Link
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201101-09.xml
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/59328
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7126
Broken Link
support.apple.com / kb/HT4435
Broken Link
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html
Broken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0464.html
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0470.html
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/40759
Broken LinkVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/40808
Broken LinkVDB Entry
turbolinux.co.jp / security/2010/TLSA-2010-19j.txt
Broken Link
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-162A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1421
Broken Link
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1432
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1434
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1453
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1482
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1522
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1793
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0192
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