CVE-2002-1881 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash web browsers by delivering malformed Flash Shockwave files, requiring user interaction to view the content.
- 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-2002-1881?
CVE-2002-1881 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jun 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 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1881?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Macromedia Flash Player.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1881?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1881 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-2002-1881 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1881 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5338-9q8m-65gq.