CVE-2010-3653 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 74.6% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The Director module (dirapi.dll) in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.615 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Director movie with a crafted rcsL chunk containing a field whose value is used as a pointer offset, as exploited in the wild in October 2010. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 74.63% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-10-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| adobe | shockwave player |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Adobe Shockwave Player - rcsL Memory Corruption (Metasploit) | 2010-10-22 |
| exploit-db | Adobe Shockwave Player - 'rcsL chunk' Memory Corruption | 2010-10-21 |
References
- http://www.abysssec.com/blog/2010/10/adobe-shockwave-player-rcsl-chunk-memory-corruption-0day/
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-25.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15296
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/402231
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44291
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024635
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2752
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62688
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11285
- http://www.abysssec.com/blog/2010/10/adobe-shockwave-player-rcsl-chunk-memory-corruption-0day/
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-25.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15296
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/402231
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44291
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024635
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2752
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62688
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11285
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