CVE-2002-1625 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via resource consumption in Flash Player because connections persist after leaving the page.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-1625?
CVE-2002-1625 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Mar 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1625?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Macromedia Flash Player.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1625?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1625 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-1625 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1625 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j6p7-cw22-m74f.