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TI-2010-02091 Aliases CVE-2010-2179GHSA-9q9v-wxmj-6xqx

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

Priority LOW 29CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05897 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 9.0.277.0; 10.0.0.0 to before 10.1.53.64VulnerableAdobe
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onGoogle
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.0.2.12610VulnerableAdobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 9.0.277.0; 10.0.0.0 to before 10.1.53.64 Vulnerable ·Adobe
  • cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Google
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.0.2.12610 Vulnerable ·Adobe

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2010:0470 Released 2010-06-14 · Red Hat rating Critical
    flash-plugin security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386
    • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el4.i386
  • RHSA-2010:0464 Released 2010-06-11 · Red Hat rating Critical
    flash-plugin security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin-10.1-2.el5.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin-10.1-2.el5.i386

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Critical. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2010:0470
Red Hat Desktop version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2010:0470
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2010:0470
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2010:0470
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)Fixed RHSA-2010:0464
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2010:0470
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2010:0470
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)Fixed RHSA-2010:0464
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2010:0470
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2010:0470

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-2179
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9q9v-wxmj-6xqx

References

Patch 1

Advisory 9

Other 10

  • TI-2016-00916 Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.333 and 19.x through 21.x before… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2015-07113 Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324 and 19.x and 20.x before… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2014-06928 Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.258 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.239 on Windows and… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2011-00532 Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.13 and earlier on Windows, Mac… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2010-01252 Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64; Adobe AIR before… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2012-01807 Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.257 on Windows and Mac OS… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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