CVE-2010-0990

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2010-0990 · Published 15/06/2010 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2010-0990 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting autoupdate (creative), autoupdate engine activex control (creative).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.6%, higher than 91.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
autoupdate creative	`= 1.40.01`	No fix yet
autoupdate engine activex control creative	`= 2.0.12.0`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Creative Software AutoUpdate Engine ActiveX Control 2.0.12.0, as used in Creative Software AutoUpdate 1.40.01, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the BrowseFolder method.

References

secunia.com/advisories/38970 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-52 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/archive/1/511795/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/40768

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