CVE-2009-0520

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 28.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-02-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Adobe Flash Player 9.x before 9.0.159.0 and 10.x before 10.0.22.87 does not properly remove references to destroyed objects during Shockwave Flash file processing, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, related to a "buffer overflow issue."

Affected products

Adobe Air: 1.5
Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 10.0.12.36; 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.25, 7.0.63, 7.0.69.0, 7.0.70.0 (+25)
Adobe Flash Player For Linux: through 10.0.15.3
Adobe Flex: 3.0

References

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=773
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0334.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34012
http://secunia.com/advisories/34226
http://secunia.com/advisories/34293
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021750
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254909-1

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