CVE-2006-3311

Public Exploit

Description

Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player 8.0.24.0 and earlier, Flash Professional 8, Flash MX 2004, and Flex 1.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long, dynamically created string in a SWF movie.

5.1

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 57.88% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory computerterrorism.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3573	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22054	third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/22268	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4507	vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/451380	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19980	vdb entry
http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ct12-09-2006.htm	patch vendor advisory exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/22187	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22882	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21865	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28886	vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A394	signature vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1546	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445825/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_53_flashplayer.html	vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016829	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21901	third party advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-11.html	patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0674.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3577	vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-275A.html	third party advisory us government resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-069	vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-02.xml	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3311?: CVE-2006-3311 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3311?: To fix CVE-2006-3311, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-3311 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-3311 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~58% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.