CVE-2009-4195

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 70.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-12-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Adobe Illustrator CS4 14.0.0, CS3 13.0.3 and earlier, and CS3 13.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long DSC comment in an Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Adobe Illustrator: 13.0.0-cs4, 14.0.0-cs4

References

http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/potential_adobe_illustrator_cs.html
http://osvdb.org/60632
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_adobe_illuso.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37563
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508175/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37192
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023276
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3396
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54521
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/potential_adobe_illustrator_cs.html
http://osvdb.org/60632

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