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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2009-4195 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in Adobe Illustrator CS4 14.0.0, CS3 13.0.3 and earlier, and CS3 13.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code v…

published 2009-12-04 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-4165

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
70.7%
EPSS 70.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in Adobe Illustrator CS4 14.0.0, CS3 13.0.3 and earlier, and CS3 13.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long DSC comment in an Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_illustrator_v14_eps)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

70.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

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

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.