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critical 9.3

CVE-2009-3244 in the critical feed json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the SwDir.dll ActiveX control in Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.1.601 and earlier allows remote attackers to cau…

published 2009-09-18 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3227

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
20.4%
EPSS 20.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the SwDir.dll ActiveX control in Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.1.601 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long PlayerVersion property value.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-9682)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

20.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-10093 Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.1.601 - Multiple Code Executions remote, 2009-11-04
  • EDB-9682 Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.1.601 - ActiveX Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2009-09-15

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
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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