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Actively exploited · Published Jul 23, 2009 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2009-1862

High 7.8 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write in Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player from Adobe. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on June 8, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 21.2% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). 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.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)21.2%top 2.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Jun 8, 2022
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

CISA guidance

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.

Federal agencies must remediate by Jun 22, 2022.

Official 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 products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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