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Vulnerability · CVE-2009-1862

Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability

Published Jul 23, 2009 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player

Patch now

CVE-2009-1862 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 22, 2022. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
21.20%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/acrobat · cpe adobe/acrobat reader · cpe adobe/flash player · vendor Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player · vendor n/a n/a

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2, and Adobe Flash Player 9.x through 9.0.159.0 and 10.x through 10.0.22.87, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via (1) a crafted Flash application in a .pdf file or (2) a crafted .swf file, related to authplay.dll, as exploited in the wild in July 2009.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe adobe/acrobatversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/acrobat readerversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/flash playerversion unspecified
  • vendor Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Playerversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2009-1862

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2009-1862 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 22, 2022. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. For Adobe Acrobat and Reader, apply updates per vendor instructions. For Adobe Flash Player, the impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write; CWE-94: Code Injection. EPSS 21.20%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 23, 2009 · Catalog

    Detected

    Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2, and Adobe Flash Player 9.x through 9.0.159.0 and 10.x through 10.0.22.87, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via (1) a crafted Flash application in a .pdf file or (2) a crafted .swf file, related to authplay.dll, as exploited in the wild in July 2009.

  2. Jun 8, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    For Adobe Acrobat and Reader, apply updates per vendor instructions. For Adobe Flash Player, the impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  3. Jun 22, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    For Adobe Acrobat and Reader, apply updates per vendor instructions. For Adobe Flash Player, the impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2, and Adobe Flash Player 9.x through 9.0.159.0 and 10.x through 10.0.22.87, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via (1) a crafted Flash application in a .pdf file or (2) a crafted .swf file, related to authplay.dll, as exploited in the wild in July 2009.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2009-1862

    Adobe Acrobat and Reader and Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2009-1862

    Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2, and Adobe Flash Player 9.x through 9.0.159.0 and 10.x through 10.0.22.87, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via (1) a crafted Flash applicatio

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2009-1862

    30-day exploitation probability 21.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2009-1862

    Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2, and Adobe Flash Player 9.x through 9.0.159.0 and 10.x through 10.0.22.87, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via (1) a crafted Flash applicatio

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2009-1862

    Adobe Acrobat and Reader and Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.