# CVE-2002-1881: 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 cont

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-06-28 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5445
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0088.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9843.php

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