CVE-2010-4188
The dirapi.dll module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.620 allows attackers to execute...
The dirapi.dll module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.620 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Director movie with an IFWV chunk with a size field of 0, which is used in the calculation of a file offset and causes invalid data to be used as a loop counter, triggering a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2587 and CVE-2010-2588.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The dirapi.dll module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.620 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Director movie with an IFWV chunk with a size field of 0, which is used in the calculation of a file offset and causes invalid data to be used as a loop counter, triggering a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2587 and CVE-2010-2588.
- Record
CVE-2010-4188- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The dirapi.dll module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.620 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Director movie with an IFWV chunk with a size field of 0, which is used in the calculation of a file offset and causes invalid data to be used as a loop counter, triggering a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2587 and CVE-2010-2588.
- Record
CVE-2010-4188- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-4162 No score
The dirapi.dll module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.620 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Director movie with an IFWV chunk with a size field of 0, which is used in the calculation of a file offset and causes invalid data to be used as a loop counter, triggering a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2587 and CVE-2010-2588.
- Record
EUVD-2010-4162- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2rc6-m8fx-55w4 No score
The dirapi.dll module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.620 allows attackers to execute...
The dirapi.dll module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.620 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Director movie with an IFWV chunk with a size field of 0, which is used in the calculation of a file offset and causes invalid data to be used as a loop counter, triggering a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2587 and CVE-2010-2588.
- Record
GHSA-2rc6-m8fx-55w4- Weakness
- CWE-119
- 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-2010-4188 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Adobe Shockwave Player, published February 10, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.36%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0335
adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-01.html
securityfocus.com/bid/46319
securitytracker.com/id?1025056
dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-11-01
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4188
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2rc6-m8fx-55w4