CVE-2009-0520: adobe air

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0520 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in adobe air. EPSS estimates a 28.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 26-02-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Adobe Flash Player 9.x before 9.0.159.0 and 10.x before 10.0.22.87 does not properly remove references to destroyed objects during Shockwave Flash file processing, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, related to a "buffer overflow issue."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.