CVE-2010-3644

Vulnerability

This is an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. Affected versions are Flash Player before 9.0.289.0 and 10.x before 10.1.102.64 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris, as well as 10.1.95.1 on Android. The official description lists this CVE alongside multiple related vulnerabilities (CVE-2010-3640 through CVE-2010-3652) and states the issue is triggered via unknown vectors [1][2][3][4].

Exploitation

The exploitation mechanism is not publicly detailed; the vulnerability is triggered via unknown vectors. The attacker's required position or conditions are not disclosed in the available references. Based on typical Flash Player attack patterns, exploitation likely requires the victim to visit a malicious site or open a crafted SWF file [1][2][3][4].

Impact

Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system or cause a denial of service (memory corruption). The impact is at the privilege level of the user running Flash Player; no privilege escalation is described. This vulnerability is part of a group of similar issues patched in the same advisory, collectively allowing code execution or DoS [1][2][3][4].

Mitigation

Adobe released fixed versions: 9.0.289.0 for the 9.x line and 10.1.102.64 for the 10.x line on desktop platforms, and 10.1.95.1 for Android. These updates were made available in November 2010. Red Hat issued security updates for the flash-plugin package (RHSA-2010:0829, RHSA-2010:0834, RHSA-2010:0867) to address this and related vulnerabilities. Users should update to the latest Flash Player version or apply vendor-supplied patches [1][2][3][4].