Integer overflow in the Verifier::parseExceptionHandlers function in Adobe Flash Player before 10.0.42.34 and Adobe AIR before 1.5.3…

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."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

10.0% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (24)

• RHSA-2009:1657 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 1023307 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• flash-air-unspecified-overflow(54635) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8208 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 60889 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1021716 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2010-01-19-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• ADV-2009-3456 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:062 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543857 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 37584 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-093/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 37902 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16315 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7191 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-19.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1023306 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1658 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• TA09-343A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 38241 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20091209 ZDI-09-093: Adobe Flash Player ActionScript Exception Handler Integer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 37199 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2010-0173 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 06:38 UTC.