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CVE-2002-1881: macromedia flash_player

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 28-06-2005Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-1881 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in macromedia flash_player. EPSS estimates a 1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.68%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Timeline

  1. 28-06-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Macromedia Flash Player 4.0 r12 through 6.0.47.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (web browser crash) via malformed content in a Flash Shockwave (.SWF) file, as demonstrated by by ROT13 encoding the body of the file but not the headers.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.68% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.68%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (archives.neohapsis.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Macromedia1 product
  • flash_player4.0_r12 | 5.0 | 5.0_r50 | 6.0 | 6.0.29.0 | 6.0.40.0 | 6.0.47.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links