Macromedia Flash Player 6 does not terminate connections...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
Apr 30, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 30, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Dec 31, 2002
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Apr 30, 2022
Last updated
Jan 30, 2023
Macromedia Flash Player 6 does not terminate connections when the user leaves the web page, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth, resource, and CPU consumption) via the (1) loadMovie or (2) loadSound commands, which continue to execute until the browser is closed.
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