How severe is CVE-2013-0643?

CVE-2013-0643 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 10.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2013-0643: Adobe Flash Player Incorrect Default Permissions

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Adobe Flash Player Incorrect Default Permissions Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2024-09-17

Remediation due

2024-10-08

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

CISA notes
https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life-alternative.html#eol-alternative-faq ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0643

Description

The Firefox sandbox in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.67 and 11.x before 11.6.602.171 on Windows and Mac OS X, and before 10.3.183.67 and 11.x before 11.2.202.273 on Linux, does not properly restrict privileges, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted SWF content, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

5 Links

Vendor advisories

Other references

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-08.html

Record Details

Published

2013-02-27

Last updated

2025-10-22

Assigner (CNA)

adobe

Credited to

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