CVE-2009-3799
Integer overflow in the Verifier::parseExceptionHandlers function in Adobe Flash Player before 10.0.42.34 and Adobe AIR before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SWF file with a large exception_count value that triggers…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.96%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Integer overflow in the Verifier::parseExceptionHandlers function in Adobe Flash Player before 10.0.42.34 and Adobe AIR before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SWF file with a large exception_count value that triggers memory corruption, related to "generation of ActionScript exception handlers."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 9.96% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- adobe/adobe air · adobe/flash player
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 10.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00003.html
- http://osvdb.org/60889
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37584Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37902
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38241
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023306Patch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023307Patch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021716.1-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-19.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1657.htmlPatch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1658.htmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508334/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37199
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-343A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3456Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0173
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-093/Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543857Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54635
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16315
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7191
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8208
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00003.html
- http://osvdb.org/60889
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37584Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37902
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38241
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.