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CVE-2010-1297

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64; Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610; and...

7.8 HighIn KEVPublic exploit

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64; Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610; and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted SWF content, related to authplay.dll and the ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 (AVM2) newfunction instruction, as exploited in the wild in June 2010.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

82.5%Up 10.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64; Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610; and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted SWF content, related to authplay.dll and the ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 (AVM2) newfunction instruction, as exploited in the wild in June 2010.

Record
CVE-2010-1297
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List 7.8

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64; Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610; and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted SWF content, related to authplay.dll and the ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 (AVM2) newfunction instruction, as exploited in the wild in June 2010.

Record
CVE-2010-1297
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-1326 7.8

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64; Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610; and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted SWF content, related to authplay.dll and the ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 (AVM2) newfunction instruction, as exploited in the wild in June 2010.

Record
EUVD-2010-1326
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cv7g-qpjc-66p7 7.8

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64; Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610; and...

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64; Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610; and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted SWF content, related to authplay.dll and the ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 (AVM2) newfunction instruction, as exploited in the wild in June 2010.

Record
GHSA-cv7g-qpjc-66p7
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score

Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).

Record
CVE-2010-1297
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
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
acroread
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:9.3.3-2.el4
0:9.3.3-2.el4
acroread-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:9.3.3-2.el4
0:9.3.3-2.el4
acroread
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:9.3.3-1.el5
0:9.3.3-1.el5
acroread-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:9.3.3-1.el5
0:9.3.3-1.el5
acroread
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:9.3.3-1.el5
0:9.3.3-1.el5
acroread-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 0:9.3.3-1.el5
0:9.3.3-1.el5

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
MetasploitAdobe Flash Player "newfunction" Invalid Pointer Use2010-06-04
MetasploitAdobe Flash Player "newfunction" Invalid Pointer Use2010-06-04
Exploit-DBAdobe Flash / Reader - Live Malware2010-06-09
Exploit-DBAdobe Acrobat Reader and Flash Player - 'newclass' Invalid Pointer2010-09-01
Exploit-DBAdobe Flash Player - 'newfunction' Invalid Pointer Use (Metasploit) (1)2010-09-20
Exploit-DBAdobe Flash Player - 'newfunction' Invalid Pointer Use (Metasploit) (2)2010-09-25

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
exploitation, exploits
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2010-1297 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Adobe Acrobat, published June 8, 2010. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since June 8, 2022. EUVD reports exploitation since June 8, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 82.5%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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