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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2009-3799 json

Integer overflow in the Verifier::parseExceptionHandlers function in Adobe Flash Player before 10.0.42.34 and Adobe AIR before 1.5.3 allows…

published 2009-12-10 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3771

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.0%
EPSS 10.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the Verifier::parseExceptionHandlers function in Adobe Flash Player before 10.0.42.34 and Adobe AIR before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SWF file with a large exception_count value that triggers memory corruption, related to "generation of ActionScript exception handlers."

Patch / fix

  • flash-plugin RHEL 3 EXTRAS 9.0.260.0-1.el3.with.oss
  • flash-plugin RHEL 4 EXTRAS 9.0.260.0-1.el4
  • flash-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 10.0.42.34-1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1658RHSA-2009:1657

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-3799 updated cvss 6.8

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)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.260.0-1.el3.with.oss Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.260.0-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.260.0-1.el3.with.oss Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.260.0-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1658
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin 10.0.42.34-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1657
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.260.0-1.el3.with.oss Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.260.0-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1658
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin 10.0.42.34-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1657
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.260.0-1.el3.with.oss Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.260.0-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1658

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Exploit prediction

9.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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