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CVE-2002-1625

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Macromedia Flash Player 6 does not terminate connections when the user leaves the web page, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth, resource, and CPU consumption) via the (1) loadMovie or (2) loadSound commands, which continue to execute until the browser is closed.

Affected products

• Macromedia Flash Player: 6.0

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/128491
• http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=22796&Method=Full&Title=Macromedia%20Flash%20Player%206%20Streaming%20Issue&Cache=False
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4567
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8925
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/128491
• http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=22796&Method=Full&Title=Macromedia%20Flash%20Player%206%20Streaming%20Issue&Cache=False
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4567
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8925

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