Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.280 and 10.x before 10.1.82.76, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.3, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or caus
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 38/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 91.5% of all records.
- Fixed version: flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:3) 0:9.0.280.0-1.el3.with.oss; acroread (Red Hat:rhel_extras:4) 0:9.3.4-1.el4; acroread-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:4) 0:9.3.4-1.el4.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:3) 0:9.0.280.0-1.el3.with.oss; acroread (Red Hat:rhel_extras:4) 0:9.3.4-1.el4; acroread-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:4) 0:9.3.4-1.el4 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.280 and 10.x before 10.1.82.76, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.3, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0209, CVE-2010-2214, and CVE-2010-2216.
- Published
- Aug 11, 2010
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 4.5% · 91th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-94
Report tools
Action score
38
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 4.5%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| adobe | adobe air | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air |
| adobe | flash player | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player |
| adobe | flash player for linux | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- adobe adobe airall versions
- adobe adobe air1.0
- adobe adobe air1.0.1
- adobe adobe air1.5
- adobe adobe air1.5.1
- adobe adobe air1.5.3
- adobe adobe air1.5.3.9120
- adobe flash playerup to 10.1.53.64 inclusive
- adobe flash playerall versions
- adobe flash player10.0.0.584
- adobe flash player10.0.12.10
- adobe flash player10.0.12.36
- adobe flash player10.0.15.3
- adobe flash player10.0.22.87
- adobe flash player10.0.32.18
- adobe flash player10.0.42.34
- adobe flash player10.0.45.2
- adobe flash player10.1.52.14.1
- adobe flash player10.1.52.15
- adobe flash player7.0
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:3 | flash-plugin | before 0:9.0.280.0-1.el3.with.oss | 0:9.0.280.0-1.el3.with.oss |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | acroread | before 0:9.3.4-1.el4 | 0:9.3.4-1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | acroread-plugin | before 0:9.3.4-1.el4 | 0:9.3.4-1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | flash-plugin | before 0:9.0.280.0-1.el4 | 0:9.0.280.0-1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | acroread | before 0:9.3.4-1.el5 | 0:9.3.4-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | acroread-plugin | before 0:9.3.4-1.el5 | 0:9.3.4-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | flash-plugin | before 0:10.1.82.76-1.el5 | 0:10.1.82.76-1.el5 |
Same product
adobe: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2014-0559Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.244Plan
- CVE-2015-0309Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 1143Plan
- CVE-2015-0308Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.260 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.257 on Windows and OS X and before 42Plan
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2010-0187Feb 15, 2010 · Adobe Flash Player before 10.0.45.2 and Adobe AIR before 1.5.3.9130 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) 22Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2010-0209Aug 11, 2010 · Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.280 and 10.x before 10.1.82.76, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.3, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or caus38Monitor
- Later →CVE-2010-2214Aug 11, 2010 · Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.280 and 10.x before 10.1.82.76, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.3, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or caus38Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| red hat:acroread | 0:9.3.4-1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:acroread-plugin | 0:9.3.4-1.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:flash-plugin | 0:10.1.82.76-1.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=128767780602751&w=2
- secunia.com/advisories/43026
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-09.xml
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-16.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/42364
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1024621
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0192
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10983
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16020
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.