CVE-2010-1280
Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 16.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted .dir (aka Director) file, related to (1) an erroneous dereference and (2) a certain Shock.dir file.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.6.606 - 'DIR' Multiple Memory Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 12578dos, windowspublished 12 May 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By adobe
- 37 days later
· 37 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.6% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 38751 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20100511 [CAL-20100204-3]Adobe Shockwave Player Director File Parsing RCSL Pointer Overwrite (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-12.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20100512 [CAL-20100204-3]Adobe Shockwave Player Director File Parsing RCSL Pointer Overwrite (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/codes/shockwave_mem.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2010-4937.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1128 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-1309 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2010-1280)Record last updated .