CVE-2009-4195
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 70.7%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in Adobe Illustrator CS4 14.0.0, CS3 13.0.3 and earlier, and CS3 13.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long DSC comment in an Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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
- 70.7% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4165)
- Published
- December 4, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4165 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / illustrator
- adobe / illustrator
References
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/potential_adobe_illustrator_cs.html
- http://osvdb.org/60632
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_adobe_illuso.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37563(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508175/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37192(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023276
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3396(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54521
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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