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CVE-2009-4195
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…
High9.3EPSS 70.7%
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- adobe
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 70.7% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 60632 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_adobe_illuso.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 37563 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/12/potential_adobe_illustrator_cs.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1023276 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3396 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 37192 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- adobe-illustrator-eps-bo(54521) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20091203 Adobe Illustrator CS4 (V14.0.0) Encapsulated Postscript (.eps) Overlong DSC Comment Buffer Overflow Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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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