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Adobe Shockwave Player ActiveX Control BOF Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Buffer overflow

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host has Adobe Shockwave Player ActiveX Control installed and is prone to Buffer Overflow vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

An error occurs in the ActiveX Control (SwDir.dll) while processing malicious user supplied data containing a long PlayerVersion property value.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.1.601 and prior on Windows.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.2.602.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)