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CVE-2009-4324

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 15, 2009 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsAcrobat ReaderAcrobatopenSUSE· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 82%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score81.9%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 81.9% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 100% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Jun 8, 2022
Remediation Due
Jun 22, 2022
1589 days overdue
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4324

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Doc.media.newPlayer method in Multimedia.api in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file using ZLib compressed streams, as exploited in the wild in December 2009.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Acrobat· Adobe
95%
8.0 ≤ v < 8.29.0 ≤ v < 9.3
Affected range stops below 8.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
Acrobat Reader· Adobe
95%
8.0 ≤ v < 8.29.0 ≤ v < 9.3
Affected range stops below 8.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
openSUSE· openSUSE
95%
11.111.2
Linux Enterprise· SUSE
95%
10.0 sp210.0 sp3
Linux Enterprise Debuginfo· SUSE
95%
11

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

References (22)

x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.html
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://osvdb.org/60980
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37690
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/38138
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/38215
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-416

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