Vulnerability Report

CVE-2006-6827

Title: Macromedia Flash Player Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2006-6827

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 2006

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.26%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2006-6827: Flash8b.ocx in Macromedia Flash 8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long string in the Flash8b.AllowScriptAccess method.

Impacted Vendors

macromedia 1

gnu 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21818 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31156 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3041 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21818 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31156 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3041

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2006-6827 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3041

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 23, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 2006 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.