HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2007-2500

Flash Player vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
5.4%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
server/parser/sprite_definition.cpp in GNU Gnash (aka GNU Flash Player) 0.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of SHOWFRAME elements within a DEFINESPRITE element, which triggers memory corruption and enables the attacker to call free with an arbitrary address, probably resultant from a buffer overflow.
Affected vendor
Gnu
Affected product
Flash Player
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2007-05-04

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 5.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-2500

  • Confirm whether Gnu Flash Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-2500.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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