{
  "id": "CVE-2009-4324",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2009-4324",
  "published": "2009-12-15T02:30:00.217Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-16T23:13:26.803Z",
  "score": 7.8,
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.8188,
  "epss_percentile": 0.99643,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2022-06-08",
    "due": "2022-06-22",
    "action": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4324"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "adobe",
    "suse",
    "opensuse"
  ],
  "products": [
    "adobe acrobat",
    "adobe acrobat reader",
    "suse linux enterprise debuginfo",
    "opensuse",
    "suse linux enterprise"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "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.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 7.8,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/new_adobe_reader_and_acrobat_v.html",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2009/12/virustotal-httpwww.html",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/60980",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/37690",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/38138",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/38215",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html",
      "tags": [
        "Not Applicable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/508357",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7881/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer.rb",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37331",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20091214",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-xmas-present",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3518",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547799",
      "tags": [
        "Issue Tracking"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54747",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6795",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-4324",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4324",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}