CVE-2009-3794

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.0.42.34 and Adobe AIR before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted dimensions of JPEG data in an SWF file.

Affected products

Adobe Air: through 1.5.2; 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.1, 1.5.1
Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 10.0.32.18; 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.25, 7.0.63, 7.0.69.0, 7.0.70.0 (+31)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00003.html
http://osvdb.org/60885
http://secunia.com/advisories/37584
http://secunia.com/advisories/37902
http://secunia.com/advisories/38241
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023306
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023307
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021716.1-1
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-19.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1657.html

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