CVE-2002-1625 — 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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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

Published Mar 26, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.02%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.02% 0.02018

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02018

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.02% (0.02018)	80.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.02% (0.02018)	78.32th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 27, 2025	13.16% (0.13159)	93.94th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	7.82% (0.07820)	91.17th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	6.60% (0.06603)	84.88th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	7.82% (0.07820)	91.37th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.49% (0.01487)	87.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 2, 2024	1.49% (0.01487)	86.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.60% (0.01604)	85.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/128491
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource
http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=22796&Method=Full&Title=Macromedia%20Flash%20Player%206%20Streaming%20Issue&Cache=False
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4567
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8925
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/128491		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource
http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=22796&Method=Full&Title=Macromedia%20Flash%20Player%206%20Streaming%20Issue&Cache=False		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4567		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8925		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 26, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Mar 26, 2005

Link CVE-2002-1625

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1625

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1625