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.
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.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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4.9 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
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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
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critical | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-3311 |
ubuntu
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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 |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |