FKIE_CVE-2009-4324
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-12-15 02:30 - Updated: 2025-10-22 01:15
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe | acrobat | * | |
| adobe | acrobat | * | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | * | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | * | |
| apple | mac_os_x | - | |
| microsoft | windows | - | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 11 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.1 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.2 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise | 10.0 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise | 10.0 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
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- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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