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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2010-2876

High
9.3/10

Summary

Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.8.612 does not properly validate values associated with buffer-size calculation for a 0xFFFFFFF8 record in a (1) .dir or (2) .dcr Director movie, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted movie.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published