CVE-2010-4190 Memory corruption in n/a
Attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via a crafted Director movie exploiting memory corruption 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-2010-4190?
CVE-2010-4190 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
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 a crafted CSWV RIFF chunk that causes an incorrect calculation of an offset for a substructure, which causes an out-of-bounds "seek" of heap memory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0555, CVE-2010-4093, CVE-2010-4187, CVE-2010-4191, CVE-2010-4192, and CVE-2010-4306.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4190?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Shockwave Player.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4190?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4190 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-2010-4190 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4190 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hhjw-fwx5-h53g.