CVE-2013-5331: adobe air Code Injection
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-5331 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in adobe air. EPSS estimates a 72.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 11-12-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.257 and 11.8.x and 11.9.x before 11.9.900.170 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.332 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 3.9.0.1380, Adobe AIR SDK before 3.9.0.1380, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 3.9.0.1380 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted .swf content that leverages an unspecified "type confusion," as exploited in the wild in December 2013.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
72.50%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
99%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 72.50% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundAdobe Flash Player - Type Confusion Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)
Maturity: weaponized
Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion Remote Code Execution
exploit/windows/browser/adobe_flash_filters_type_confusion
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Adobe3 products
- air< 3.9.0.1380
- air_sdk< 3.9.0.1380
- flash_player≥ 11.0, < 11.7.700.257 | ≥ 11.8, < 11.8.800.175 | ≥ 11.9, < 11.9.900.700 | ≥ 11.0, < 11.2.202.332
1 vendor · 3 products
References
5 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00075.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00084.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00008.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb13-28.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory