CVE-2010-2878 describes a critical vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player versions prior to 11.5.8.612, specifically within the DIRAPIX.dll component. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger heap memory corruption, leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution, by exploiting improper validation of a buffer seek value in a crafted Director movie. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but no authentication, and can result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 86/100 indicates its potential danger.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.5.7.609CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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