CVE-2009-4324Use-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 exe…
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Jun 8, 2022; federal remediation due Jun 22, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 81.88% (percentile 100)
- Assigned by
- adobe
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
adobe acrobat adobe:acrobat | from 8.0 before 8.2; from 9.0 before 9.3 | NVD |
adobe acrobat_reader adobe:acrobat_reader | from 8.0 before 8.2; from 9.0 before 9.3 | NVD |
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 11 | NVD |
opensuse opensuse opensuse:opensuse | 11.1; 11.2 | NVD |
suse linux_enterprise suse:linux_enterprise | 10.0; 10.0 | NVD |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid, broken-link, third-party-advisory
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.htmlx-refsource-misc, broken-link, vendor-advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37690third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia, broken-link, vendor-advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38138third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia, broken-link, vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547799x-refsource-confirm, issue-tracking
- http://osvdb.org/60980vdb-entry, x-refsource-osvdb, broken-link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/508357third-party-advisory, x-refsource-cert-vn, us-government-resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54747vdb-entry, x-refsource-xf, third-party-advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518vdb-entry, x-refsource-vupen, broken-link, vendor-advisory
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rbx-refsource-misc, broken-link
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.htmlx-refsource-confirm, not-applicable
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6795vdb-entry, signature, x-refsource-oval, broken-link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, broken-link
- http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103vdb-entry, x-refsource-vupen, broken-link
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.htmlx-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
- http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-presentx-refsource-misc, broken-link
- http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214x-refsource-misc, broken-link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38215third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia, broken-link, vendor-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.htmlthird-party-advisory, x-refsource-cert, us-government-resource
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-4324us-government-resource
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