CVE-2009-3466

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-11-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.2.602 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page that triggers memory corruption, related to an "invalid string length vulnerability." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Adobe Shockwave Player: through 11.5.1.601; 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 (+7)

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023123
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-16.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36905
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3134
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54121
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6395
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023123
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-16.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36905
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3134
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54121
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6395

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