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CVE-2009-1866

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1866 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 9.0.246.0 and 10.0.32.18, and Adobe AIR before 1.5.2. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.3, allows unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code with medium attack complexity over the network. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0730 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:9.0.246.0-2.el3.with.oss
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:9.0.246.0-2.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:10.0.32.18-2.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-1866Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB09-10)

Jul 30, 2009

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00003.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
osvdb.org / 56774
secunia.com / advisories/36193
secunia.com / advisories/36374
secunia.com / advisories/36701
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200908-04.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/52186
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16198
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7271
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.apple.com / kb/HT3864
support.apple.com / kb/HT3865
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
PatchVendor Advisory
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
securityfocus.com / bid/35890
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/35901
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2086
PatchVendor Advisory