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    CVE-2009-4324

    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.

    Published:Dec 14, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 21, 2026
    EPS:Dec 15, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.92867
    CVSS Score:7.8

    CISA Notification

    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.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    Jun 22, 2022
    1542 days ago
    Alert Date
    Jun 8, 2022
    1556 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Adobe
    Product
    Acrobat
    Vendor
    Adobe
    Product
    Acrobat Reader
    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Mac Os X
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Extras
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Debuginfo

    Exploits

    http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.htmlhttp://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16503https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10618https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16623

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-416 Use After Free

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-81984 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory…
    CVE-2026-81989 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …
    CVE-2026-81991 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive m…
    CVE-2026-81980 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code executi…
    CVE-2026-81990 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …
    CVE-2026-81987 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability that could result in arbitrary c…
    CVE-2026-79910 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive m…
    CVE-2026-81993 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sens…
    CVE-2026-79907 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Double Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the…
    CVE-2026-79909 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …

    References

    http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.html
    http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
    http://osvdb.org/60980
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37690
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38138
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38215
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/508357
    http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rb
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331
    http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214
    http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-present
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547799
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54747
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6795
    http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.html
    http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
    http://osvdb.org/60980
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37690
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38138
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38215
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/508357
    http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rb
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331
    http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214
    http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-present
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547799
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54747
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6795
    https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-4324

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High