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CVE-2013-0643

72
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-0643 describes a critical privilege restriction bypass vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 10.3.183.67 and 11.x before 11.6.602.171 on Windows/macOS, and before 10.3.183.67 and 11.x before 11.2.202.273 on Linux. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted SWF content, impacting a wide range of operating systems including Adobe, Apple, Linux, Microsoft, and various distributions. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This CVE is listed in the KEV catalog, indicating active exploitation in the wild as early as February 2013, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, despite no public exploit intelligence tools like Metasploit or Nuclei being identified.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.3.183.67CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.0, < 11.6.602.171CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.0, < 11.2.202.273CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Sep 17, 2024
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1053 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.273-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:11.2.202.273-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-0643Critical

flash-plugin: Firefox sandbox permissions issue (APSB13-08)

Feb 26, 2013

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00025.html
Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00026.html
Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00035.html
Mailing List
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0574.html
Third Party Advisory
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb13-08.html
Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory