CVE-2009-4324
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Dec 15, 2009
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- Reserved
- Dec 14, 2009
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416 Use After Free
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- 37331vdb-entry
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.html
- 37690third-party-advisory
- 38138third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547799
- 60980vdb-entry
- VU#508357third-party-advisory
- acro-reader-unspecifed-code-execution(54747)vdb-entry
- ADV-2009-3518vdb-entry
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rb
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6795vdb-entrysignature
- RHSA-2010:0060vendor-advisory
- http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html
- ADV-2010-0103vdb-entry
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html
- http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-present
- http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214
- 38215third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2010:008vendor-advisory
- TA10-013Athird-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-4324government-resource
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