CVE-2002-1881 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Macromedia Flash Player versions 4.0 r12 through 6.0.47.0. Remote attackers can crash a web browser by providing a malformed Flash Shockwave (.SWF) file, specifically by ROT13 encoding the file's body but not its headers. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0_r12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:macromedia:flash_player:4.0_r12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:macromedia:flash_player:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0_r50CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:macromedia:flash_player:5.0_r50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:macromedia:flash_player:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.29.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:macromedia:flash_player:6.0.29.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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