CVE-2011-0555: adobe shockwave_player

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-0555 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in adobe shockwave_player. EPSS estimates a 4.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-02-2011
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The TextXtra.x32 module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.620 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a Director file with a crafted DEMX RIFF chunk that triggers incorrect buffer allocation, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4093, CVE-2010-4187, CVE-2010-4190, CVE-2010-4191, CVE-2010-4192, and CVE-2010-4306.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.