CVE-2006-6885: Macromedia Shockwave

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 7.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An ActiveX control in SwDir.dll in Macromedia Shockwave 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long string in the swURL attribute.

Affected products

• Macromedia Shockwave: version 10 only

Published 2006-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.