Shockwave Player vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product77 versions
The short answer

Shockwave Player is made by Adobe. We track 174 published vulnerabilities in it, across 77 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Shockwave Player, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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Known exploited

Which Shockwave Player vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Shockwave Player's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Shockwave Player flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 75%

    The Director module (dirapi.dll) in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.615 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Director movie with a crafted rcsL...

    CVSS9.3Published26 Oct 2010
  2. 32%

    Stack-based buffer overflow in the SWCtl.SWCtl ActiveX control in Adobe Shockwave allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the ShockwaveVersion...

    CVSS10.0Published14 Nov 2007
  3. 20%

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the SwDir.dll ActiveX control in Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.1.601 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long...

    CVSS9.3Published18 Sep 2009
  4. 20%

    Stack-based buffer overflow in an ActiveX control for the installer for Adobe Macromedia Shockwave Player 10.1.0.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted large values for...

    CVSS9.3Published31 Dec 2005
  5. 18%

    Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.5.635 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2029,...

    CVSS10.0Published9 May 2012
  6. 17%

    Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted .dir (aka Director) file, related to (1) an erroneous...

    CVSS8.8Published13 May 2010
  7. 13%

    Integer signedness error in the DIRAPI module in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.8.612 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a count value...

    CVSS9.3Published26 Aug 2010
  8. 11%

    Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.7.609 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded fonts in a Shockwave file.

    CVSS8.8Published13 May 2010
  9. 9.7%

    Buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.8.638 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4173, CVE-2012-4174, CVE-2012-4175, and...

    CVSS10.0Published23 Oct 2012
  10. 9.6%

    Buffer overflow in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.6.8.638 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4172, CVE-2012-4174, CVE-2012-4175, and...

    CVSS10.0Published23 Oct 2012
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We track 174 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Shockwave Player, across 77 versions.

None of Shockwave Player's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

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