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CVE-2009-3798

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3798 describes a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 10.0.42.34 and Adobe AIR before 1.5.3, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, as it can be exploited remotely with medium complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0625 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (5)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:9.0.260.0-1.el3.with.oss
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:9.0.260.0-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:10.0.42.34-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-3798Critical

flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB09-19) (CVE-2009-3794, CVE-2009-3796, CVE-2009-3797, CVE-2009-3798, CVE-2009-3799, CVE-2009-3800)

Dec 8, 2009

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00003.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/37584
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37902
secunia.com / advisories/38241
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/54634
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16340
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6899
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7902
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.apple.com / kb/HT4004
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb09-19.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1657.html
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1658.html
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/37199
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-343A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3456
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0173