CRLF injection vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player plugin 9.0.16 and earlier for Windows…
Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
CRLF injection vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player plugin 9.0.16 and earlier for Windows, 7.0.63 and earlier for Linux, 7.x before 7.0 r67 for Solaris, and before 9.0.28.0 for Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to modify HTTP headers of client requests and conduct HTTP Request Splitting attacks via CRLF sequences in arguments to the ActionScript functions (1) XML.addRequestHeader and (2) XML.contentType. NOTE: the flexibility of the attack varies depending on the type of web browser being used.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.24469 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | up to 7.0.63 | Vulnerable | Adobe |
| cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:* | up to 7.0_r67 | Vulnerable | Adobe |
| cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* | up to 9.0.16 | Vulnerable | Adobe |
| cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:* | up to 9.0.28.0 | Vulnerable | Adobe |
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 7.0.63 Vulnerable ·Adobe
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 7.0_r67 Vulnerable ·Adobe
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 9.0.16 Vulnerable ·Adobe
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 9.0.28.0 Vulnerable ·Adobe
Remediation
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2007:0009 Released 2007-01-09 · Red Hat rating Moderateflash-plugin security update
- Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras flash-plugin-7.0.69-1.el3.i386
- Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras flash-plugin-7.0.69-1.el4.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras flash-plugin-7.0.69-1.el3.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras flash-plugin-7.0.69-1.el4.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras flash-plugin-7.0.69-1.el3.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras flash-plugin-7.0.69-1.el4.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras flash-plugin-7.0.69-1.el3.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras flash-plugin-7.0.69-1.el4.i386
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0009 |
| Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0009 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0009 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0009 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0009 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0009 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0009 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0009 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-5330
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q79c-rmvv-p2vj
References
Other 9
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- TI-2015-04301 Use-after-free vulnerability in the DisplayObject class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3)… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-04298 Use-after-free vulnerability in the ByteArray class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3)… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2006-5330 · CVE Program
- CVE-2006-5330 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q79c-rmvv-p2vj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2006-5330 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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