CVE-2001-0166 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Macromedia Shockwave Flash plugin versions 8 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to crash the application by providing malformed tag length specifiers within a SWF file. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.6 (High), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though requiring high attack complexity. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:macromedia:shockwave_flash_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.