CVE-2005-3591: macromedia flash_player Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2005-3591 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in macromedia flash_player. EPSS estimates a 10.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 16-11-2005PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Macromedia Flash plugin (1) Flash.ocx 7.0.19.0 (Windows) and earlier and (2) libflashplayer.so before 7.0.25.0 (Unix) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via parameters to the ActionDefineFunction ActionScript call in a SWF file, which causes an improper memory access condition, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2628.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
10.45%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 10.45% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (sec-consult.com)
Maturity: unknown
Macromedia Flash Plugin 7.0.19.0 - 'action' Denial of Service
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Macromedia1 product
- flash_player6.0 | 6.0.29.0 | 6.0.40.0 | 6.0.47.0 | 6.0.65.0 | 6.0.79.0 | 7.0.19.0 | 7.0_r19
1 vendor · 1 product