CVE-2013-5331
Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—💥 Exploit
Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.257 and 11.8.x and 11.9.x before 11.9.900.170 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.332 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 3.9.0.1380, Adobe AIR SDK before 3.9.0.1380, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 3.9.0.1380 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted .swf content that leverages an unspecified "type confusion," as exploited in the wild in December 2013.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Base score: 9.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 72%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 99
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
💥 Public exploits
Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.
- Metasploit module (reliable, widely available exploit) · Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion Remote Code Execution
- Published on Exploit-DB · Adobe Flash Player - Type Confusion Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (4/29/2014)
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-94
References
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb13-28.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00075.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00084.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1818.html
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb13-28.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00075.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00084.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1818.html
Raw JSON (NVD)
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