Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-787Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted .dir (aka Director) file, related to (1) an erroneous dereference and (2) a certain Shock.dir file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.16637 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-1280
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wr8x-hwcx-gq4p
References
Exploit 2
Advisory 1
More Adobe Shockwave Player vulnerabilities
- TI-2010-03478 The Director module (dirapi.dll) in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.615 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2007-05680 Stack-based buffer overflow in the SWCtl.SWCtl ActiveX control in Adobe Shockwave allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2012-01804 Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.5.635 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2009-03088 Heap-based buffer overflow in the SwDir.dll ActiveX control in Adobe Shockwave Player… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2005-03348 Stack-based buffer overflow in an ActiveX control for the installer for Adobe Macromedia… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2013-00529 Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player before 12.0.0.112 allows attackers… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2010-1280 · CVE Program
- CVE-2010-1280 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wr8x-hwcx-gq4p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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