CVE-2006-6885 (GCVE-0-2006-6885)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-01-05 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:42
VLAI
Summary
An ActiveX control in SwDir.dll in Macromedia Shockwave 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long string in the swURL attribute.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3042 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22067 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2006-12-29 00:00
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