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CVE-2009-1868

48
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1868 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 9.0.246.0 and 10.0.32.18, and Adobe AIR before 1.5.2, stemming from unspecified URL parsing issues. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a severe risk where unauthenticated attackers can remotely trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code with medium attack complexity. While not listed in CISA KEV, a proof-of-concept exploit exists on ExploitDB, and its FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100 highlights its significant danger, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

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
21.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-33133 · Jul 30, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2144 is in the 88th 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-2009-1868Critical

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 / 56776
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/52185
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15955
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6865
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/35902
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2086
PatchVendor Advisory