{
    "id": "CVE-2009-4324",
    "published": "2009-12-15 02:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:13:26",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-416",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.81880",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99640",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-06-22",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:16:47",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-06-22."
    },
    "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": "suse",
            "product": "linux_enterprise"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "suse",
            "product": "linux_enterprise_debuginfo"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2009-4324",
        "date_added": "2022-06-08",
        "due_date": "2022-06-22",
        "vendor": "Adobe",
        "product": "Acrobat and Reader",
        "name": "Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "16623",
            "title": "Adobe - 'Doc.media.newPlayer' Use-After-Free (Metasploit) (2)",
            "date": "2010-09-25",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16623"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "16503",
            "title": "Adobe - 'Doc.media.newPlayer' Use-After-Free (Metasploit) (1)",
            "date": "2010-04-30",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16503"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "10618",
            "title": "Adobe Reader / Acrobat - '.PDF' File Overflow",
            "date": "2009-12-23",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10618"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}