PT-2001-1397 · Macromedia · Macromedia Shockwave Flash Plugin

Published 2001-03-26 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2001-0166

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Macromedia Shockwave Flash plugin versions 8 and earlier

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed tag length specifiers in a SWF file.

Recommendations: For Macromedia Shockwave Flash plugin versions 8 and earlier, consider updating to a version later than 8 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0166

Affected Products

Macromedia Shockwave Flash Plugin

References · 3

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0491.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0166 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5826 · Note