CVE-2010-2865 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service in Adobe Shockwave Player via unspecified vectors, requiring user interaction to trigger.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not stated
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2010-2865?

CVE-2010-2865 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player, published on 26 Aug 2010. It can be exploited over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.8.612 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2865?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Adobe Shockwave Player.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2865?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2865 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2010-2865 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2865 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Adobe Shockwave Player vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5jm2-4m2x-w622.

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