CVE-2009-4195 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Illustrator CS4 (14.0.0) and CS3 (13.0.3 and earlier). This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) file containing an excessively long DSC comment. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a medium attack complexity, but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, multiple Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries confirm the existence of public exploit code, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
13.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:illustrator:13.0.0:cs4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:illustrator:14.0.0:cs4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.