01 Record
CVE-2008-4473
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Adobe Flash CS3 Professional on Windows and Flash MX 2004 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SWF file containing long control parameters.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Adobe Flash CS3 Professional on Windows and Flash MX 2004 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SWF file containing long control parameters.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-10-17 18:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ec4d964aa67ffeaa24fc7cfef936f06981ca09947341f4686becb57fc5058d14
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comadobe-flash-cs3-bo(45914)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45914
- securitytracker.com1021060http://securitytracker.com/id?1021060
- www.securityfocus.com31769http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31769
- www.securityfocus.com20081015 Multiple Flash Authoring Heap Overflows - Malformed SWF Fileshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497397/100/0/threaded
- www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-09.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2837http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2837
- security-assessment.comhttp://security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-16_Multiple_Flash_Authoring_Heap_Overflows.pdf
- secunia.com32246http://secunia.com/advisories/32246
- securityreason.com4429http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4429