CVE-2009-0520

high

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."

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6593

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16057

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48887

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2009-0524

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487142

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0743

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0513

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33880

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254909-1

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021750

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/35074

http://secunia.com/advisories/34293

http://secunia.com/advisories/34226

http://secunia.com/advisories/34012

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0334.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=773

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-02-26

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.28484