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title: "CVE-2010-2173\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2173

Publication date 15 June 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64, and Adobe
AIR before 2.0.2.12610, might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via
unspecified vectors, related to an "invalid pointer vulnerability" and the
newclass (0x58) operator, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2174.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| adobe-flashplugin | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 10.1.53.64-1lucid1 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 10.1.53.64-1karmic1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 10.1.53.64-1jaunty1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 10.1.53.64-1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| flashplugin-nonfree | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 10.1.53.64ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 10.1.53.64ubuntu0.9.10.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 10.1.53.64ubuntu0.9.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 10.0.1.218+really9.0.277.0ubuntu1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2173)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2173)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2173)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2173)

### Other references

* <http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2173>
