CVE-2010-2873
Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.8.612 does not properly validate offset values in the rcsL...
Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.8.612 does not properly validate offset values in the rcsL RIFF chunks of (1) .DIR and (2) .DCR Director movies, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted movie.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.8.612 does not properly validate offset values in the rcsL RIFF chunks of (1) .DIR and (2) .DCR Director movies, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted movie.
- Record
CVE-2010-2873- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.8.612 does not properly validate offset values in the rcsL RIFF chunks of (1) .DIR and (2) .DCR Director movies, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted movie.
- Record
CVE-2010-2873- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-2877 No score
Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.8.612 does not properly validate offset values in the rcsL RIFF chunks of (1) .DIR and (2) .DCR Director movies, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted movie.
- Record
EUVD-2010-2877- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p9wv-xg3r-33r2 No score
Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.8.612 does not properly validate offset values in the rcsL...
Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.8.612 does not properly validate offset values in the rcsL RIFF chunks of (1) .DIR and (2) .DCR Director movies, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted movie.
- Record
GHSA-p9wv-xg3r-33r2- Weakness
- CWE-20
- 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-2010-2873 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Adobe Shockwave Player, published August 26, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.25%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securitytracker.com/id?1024361
adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-20.html
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12042
securityfocus.com/archive/1/513307/100/0/threaded
zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-162
vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2176
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2873
github.com/advisories/GHSA-p9wv-xg3r-33r2