CVE-2010-0987
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 might allow remote...
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded fonts in a Shockwave file.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded fonts in a Shockwave file.
- Record
CVE-2010-0987- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded fonts in a Shockwave file.
- Record
CVE-2010-0987- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-1012 No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded fonts in a Shockwave file.
- Record
EUVD-2010-1012- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7rqr-xjw8-v6q2
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 might allow remote...
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded fonts in a Shockwave file.
- Record
GHSA-7rqr-xjw8-v6q2- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2010-0987 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Adobe Shockwave Player, published May 13, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.4%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
secunia.com/advisories/38751
adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-12.html
vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1128
securityfocus.com/archive/1/511265/100/0/threaded
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7052
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0987
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7rqr-xjw8-v6q2