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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-3799 Detail

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."


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00003.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://osvdb.org/60889 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/37584 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37902 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/38241 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023306 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Patch 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023307 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Patch 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021716.1-1 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-19.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1657.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Patch 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1658.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508334/100/0/threaded Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37199 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-343A.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3456 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0173 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-093/ Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Patch 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543857 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Patch 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54635 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16315 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7191 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8208 Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3799
NVD Published Date:
12/10/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Adobe Systems Incorporated