CVE-2008-1834

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

swfdec_load_object.c in Swfdec before 0.6.4 does not properly restrict local file access from untrusted sandboxes, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted Flash file.

Affected products

Swfdec: through 0.6.2; 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.3, 0.4.4, 0.4.5 (+8)

References

http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=swfdec/swfdec.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=326ee4ff631ecc11605f1251e1923a94561a3823
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/swfdec/2008-April/001321.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29915
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28881
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41887
http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=swfdec/swfdec.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=326ee4ff631ecc11605f1251e1923a94561a3823
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/swfdec/2008-April/001321.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29915
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28881
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41887

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