CVE-2006-6885 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Macromedia Shockwave 10, specifically its SwDir.dll ActiveX control. Remote attackers can crash Internet Explorer 7 by providing an excessively long string to the swURL attribute. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial availability impact, with no confidentiality or integrity impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:macromedia:shockwave:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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