CVE-2005-3591

Macromedia Flash Player - Remote Code Execution via ActionDefineFunction ActionScript Call

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-3591. PoCs published by BassReFLeX.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates a malicious SWF file targeting a buffer overflow in Macromedia Flash Plugin (flash.ocx) v7.0.19.0. The crafted file includes a DoAction tag with a long string of 'A's and other characters to trigger the overflow.

Description

Macromedia Flash plugin (1) Flash.ocx 7.0.19.0 (Windows) and earlier and (2) libflashplayer.so before 7.0.25.0 (Unix) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via parameters to the ActionDefineFunction ActionScript call in a SWF file, which causes an improper memory access condition, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2628.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by BassReFLeX · cdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1331

This exploit generates a malicious SWF file targeting a buffer overflow in Macromedia Flash Plugin (flash.ocx) v7.0.19.0. The crafted file includes a DoAction tag with a long string of 'A's and other characters to trigger the overflow.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Macromedia Flash Plugin v7.0.19.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the crafted SWF file in a vulnerable version of the Macromedia Flash Plugin
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17738/
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17626/
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2317
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15334
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113140426614670&w=2
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17481/
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.sec-consult.com/226.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/149
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23022
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17430/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mskb
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/910550.mspx
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17437/

Scores

EPSS 0.1045
EPSS Percentile 95.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (8)
macromedia/flash_player 6.0
macromedia/flash_player 6.0.29.0
macromedia/flash_player 6.0.40.0
macromedia/flash_player 6.0.47.0
macromedia/flash_player 6.0.65.0
macromedia/flash_player 6.0.79.0
macromedia/flash_player 7.0.19.0
macromedia/flash_player 7.0_r19
Published Nov 16, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026