CVE-2010-2179

Description

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 24.89% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory co.jp Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory adobe.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59328 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0192 vdb entry broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1421 vdb entry broken link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40545 third party advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0464.html broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1793 vdb entry broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43026 third party advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1432 vdb entry broken link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-09.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-162A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7126 vdb entry signature broken link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40759 vdb entry broken link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024085 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024086 vdb entry broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1434 vdb entry broken link
http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2010/TLSA-2010-19j.txt vendor advisory broken link
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00000.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html patch vendor advisory third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40144 third party advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0470.html broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1482 vdb entry broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1522 vdb entry broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40808 vdb entry broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1453 vdb entry broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2179?
CVE-2010-2179 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2179?
To fix CVE-2010-2179, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-2179 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-2179 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~25% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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