CVE-2006-3311

Exp

Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player 8.0.24.0 and earlier, Flash Professional 8, Flash MX 2004, and Flex 1.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long, dynamically created string in a SWF movie.

Published: 2006-09-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3311 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 52.14%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-3311

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3311

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-10 57.88% 52.14% -5.73%
2 2025-05-01 60.61% 57.88% -2.73%
3 2025-03-30 60.61%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3311

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3311

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3311

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2006-3311: 1 GLSA(s) (200610-02), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-3311
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-3311
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-3311 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (flashplugin-nonfree), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 7, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-3311

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3311

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe flash_player <= 8.0.24.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 8 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:8:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player mx_2004 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:mx_2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flex_sdk 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flex_sdk:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3311

URL Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21865 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21901
http://secunia.com/advisories/22054
http://secunia.com/advisories/22187
http://secunia.com/advisories/22268
http://secunia.com/advisories/22882
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-02.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1546
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016829
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-11.html Patch
http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ct12-09-2006.htm Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/451380 US Government Resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_53_flashplayer.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0674.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445825/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19980
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-275A.html US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3573
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3577
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4507
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-069
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28886
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A394
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