Macromedia Flash Player 6 does not terminate connections when the user leaves the web page, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth, resource, and CPU consumption) via the (1) loadMovie or (2) loadSound commands, which continue to execute until the browser is closed.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-1606 Macromedia Flash Player 6 does not terminate connections when the user leaves the web page, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth, resource, and CPU consumption) via the (1) loadMovie or (2) loadSound commands, which continue to execute until the browser is closed.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:34:54.937Z

Reserved: 2005-03-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-1625

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-1625

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