# CVE-2010-3653: The Director module (dirapi.dll) in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.615 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a de

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2010-10-26 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Director module (dirapi.dll) in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.615 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Director movie with a crafted rcsL chunk containing a field whose value is used as a pointer offset, as exploited in the wild in October 2010. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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## References

- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-25.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62688
- http://www.abysssec.com/blog/2010/10/adobe-shockwave-player-rcsl-chunk-memory-corruption-0day/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15296
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/402231
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11285
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44291
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024635
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2752
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15296
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16594
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/adobe_shockwave_rcsl_corruption.rb

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