CVE-2010-2179

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before...

4.3 Medium

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64, and Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610, when Firefox or Chrome is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to URL parsing.

Exploit likelihood

5.90%Up 2.0 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

Record: CVE-2010-2179
CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2010-2179
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2010-2195 No score

Record: EUVD-2010-2195
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9q9v-wxmj-6xqx No score

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before...

Record: GHSA-9q9v-wxmj-6xqx
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`flash-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 30 CVEs	before 0:10.1-2.el5	0:10.1-2.el5
`flash-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 30 CVEs	before 0:10.1-2.el5	0:10.1-2.el5
`flash-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:3 From an advisory covering 31 CVEs	before 0:9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss	0:9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss
`flash-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 31 CVEs	before 0:9.0.277.0-1.el4	0:9.0.277.0-1.el4

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2010-2179 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Adobe Air, published June 15, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.90%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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