Known exploited vulnerability

CVE-2013-0643

Adobe Flash Player Incorrect Default Permissions Vulnerability

What is affected

Vendor Adobe
Product Flash Player
Weakness CWE-264

The vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player contains an incorrect default permissions vulnerability in the Firefox sandbox that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via crafted SWF content.

Required action

The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.

US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 8 October 2024 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.

Where this comes from

Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 12 Nov 2026, 21:26. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.

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