CVE-2002-1881

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 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: yes
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Macromedia Flash Player: 4.0_r12, 5.0, 5.0_r50, 6.0, 6.0.29.0, 6.0.40.0 (+1)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0088.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9843.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5445
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0088.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9843.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5445

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