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.
CVE-2010-3653
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 9.3 — v2 rates that HIGH (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 74.6% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 75%
- Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, Exploit-DB (verified), epss top5pct, epss high, public exploit)
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 9.3HIGHNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 9.3(low)
- EG Risk
- 76(Track)EG Risk 76/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity93% × 45%Exploitation75% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 75%
- EPSS %ILE
- 99%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 26, 2010
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (18)
- psirt@adobehttp://www.abysssec.com/blog/2010/10/adobe-shockwave-player-rcsl-chunk-memory-corruption-0day/
- psirt@adobehttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-25.html
- psirt@adobehttp://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15296
- psirt@adobehttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/402231
- psirt@adobehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44291
- psirt@adobehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024635
- psirt@adobehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2752
- psirt@adobehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62688
- psirt@adobehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11285
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.abysssec.com/blog/2010/10/adobe-shockwave-player-rcsl-chunk-memory-corruption-0day/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-25.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15296
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/402231
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44291
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024635
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
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Publicly available exploits
(3 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (2 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-16594✓ verifiedFirst seen Oct 22, 2010
Adobe Shockwave Player - rcsL Memory Corruption (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-15296✓ verifiedFirst seen Oct 21, 2010
Adobe Shockwave Player - 'rcsL chunk' Memory Corruption
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/windows/browser/adobe_shockwave_rcsl_corruption✓ verifiedFirst seen Oct 21, 2010
Adobe Shockwave rcsL Memory Corruption
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