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CVE-2009-3465

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3465 describes an invalid pointer vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player versions prior to 11.5.2.602, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted Shockwave content on a website. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a high potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, achievable with medium attack complexity over a network. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 88/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 11.5.1.601CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0611 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 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 (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/54120
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5722
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb09-16.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/36905
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3134
PatchVendor Advisory