CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-1862

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2009-07-23 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability — Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player

Adobe Acrobat and Reader and Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).

Added to KEV
2022-06-08
Remediation due
2022-06-22
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
For Adobe Acrobat and Reader, apply updates per vendor instructions. For Adobe Flash Player, the impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1862
Status
Analyzed
Published
2009-07-23
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2, and Adobe Flash Player 9.x through 9.0.159.0 and 10.x through 10.0.22.87, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via (1) a crafted Flash application in a .pdf file or (2) a crafted .swf file, related to authplay.dll, as exploited in the wild in July 2009.

Affected configurations

• adobe acrobat (>= 9.0 <= 9.1.2) • adobe acrobat reader (>= 9.0 <= 9.1.2) • adobe flash player (>= 9.0 <= 9.0.159.0) • adobe flash player (>= 10.0 <= 10.0.22.87)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References