CVE-2001-0166

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-03-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Macromedia Shockwave Flash plugin version 8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed tag length specifiers in a SWF file.

Affected products

Macromedia Shockwave Flash Plugin: through 8.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0491.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5826
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0491.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5826

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