CVE-2009-4324

Published Dec 15, 2009

Last updated 5 months ago

Overview

Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Doc.media.newPlayer method in Multimedia.api in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file using ZLib compressed streams, as exploited in the wild in December 2009.
Source
psirt@adobe.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
9.3
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Known exploits

Data from CISA

Vulnerability name
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Exploit added on
Jun 8, 2022
Exploit action due
Jun 22, 2022
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-416

Configurations