CVE-2008-4473
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Adobe Flash CS3 Professional on Windows and Flash MX 2004 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SWF file containing long control parameters.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.92%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Adobe Flash CS3 Professional on Windows and Flash MX 2004 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SWF file containing long control parameters.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 7.92% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- adobe/flash player
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32246Vendor Advisory
- http://security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-16_Multiple_Flash_Authoring_Heap_Overflows.pdf
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4429
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021060
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-09.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497397/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31769
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2837
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45914
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32246Vendor Advisory
- http://security-assessment.com/files/advisories/2008-10-16_Multiple_Flash_Authoring_Heap_Overflows.pdf
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4429
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021060
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-09.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497397/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31769
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2837
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45914
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.