CVE-2010-4188 Memory corruption in n/a
Attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via a malicious Director movie exploiting a heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-4188?
CVE-2010-4188 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player, published on 10 Feb 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The dirapi.dll module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.620 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Director movie with an IFWV chunk with a size field of 0, which is used in the calculation of a file offset and causes invalid data to be used as a loop counter, triggering a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2587 and CVE-2010-2588.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4188?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Shockwave Player.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4188?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2010-4188 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4188 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2rc6-m8fx-55w4.