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CVE-2005-3525

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3525 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability within an ActiveX control used by Adobe Macromedia Shockwave Player versions 10.1.0.11 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by supplying excessively large values to unspecified parameters. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it represents a high-severity risk, requiring no authentication and moderate attack complexity to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high risk score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1923 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/19009
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/481
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24914
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/437212
US Government Resource
macromedia.com / devnet/security/security_zone/apsb06-02.html
osvdb.org / 23461
securityfocus.com / archive/1/425900/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16791
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0716
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-06-002.html