CVE-2009-0520
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 28.5%EU EUVD
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 28.5% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0524)
- Published
- February 26, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0524 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / air
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player
- adobe / flash player for linux
- adobe / flex
References
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929(Patch)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=773
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0334.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34012
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34293
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021750
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254909-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33880(Patch)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0513(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0743
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487142
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48887
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16057
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6593
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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