CVE-2007-1403

Shockwave vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

29.2%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in an ActiveX control in SwDir.dll 10.1.4.20 in Macromedia Shockwave allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) BGCOLOR, (2) SRC, (3) AutoStart, (4) Sound, (5) DrawLogo, or (6) DrawProgress property value, different vectors than CVE-2006-6885.

Affected vendor

Macromedia

Affected product

Shockwave

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2007-03-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 29.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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