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Vulnerability · CVE-2009-4324

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Published Dec 14, 2009 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Adobe Acrobat and Reader

Patch now

CVE-2009-4324 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 22, 2022. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
81.88%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe adobe/acrobat · cpe adobe/acrobat reader · cpe opensuse/opensuse · cpe suse/linux enterprise · cpe suse/linux enterprise debuginfo · vendor Adobe Acrobat and Reader

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Doc.media.newPlayer method in Multimedia.api in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file using ZLib compressed streams, as exploited in the wild in December 2009.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe adobe/acrobatversion unspecified
  • cpe adobe/acrobat readerversion unspecified
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse11.1
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse11.2
  • cpe suse/linux enterprise10.0
  • cpe suse/linux enterprise debuginfo11
  • vendor Adobe Acrobat and Readerversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2009-4324

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2009-4324 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jun 22, 2022. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with suse/linux enterprise 10.0; suse/linux enterprise debuginfo 11. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-399; CWE-416: Use After Free. EPSS 81.88%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. 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. Dec 14, 2009 · Catalog

    Detected

    Use-after-free vulnerability in the Doc.media.newPlayer method in Multimedia.api in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file using ZLib compressed streams, as exploited in the wild in December 2009.

  2. Jun 8, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Jun 22, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Use-after-free vulnerability in the Doc.media.newPlayer method in Multimedia.api in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file using ZLib compressed streams, as exploited in the wild in December 2009.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2009-4324

    Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2009-4324

    Use-after-free vulnerability in the Doc.media.newPlayer method in Multimedia.api in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file using ZLib compressed streams, as expl

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2009-4324

    30-day exploitation probability 81.9%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference10618

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference16503

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference16623

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_windows/browser/adobe_media_newplayer

    Public module reference (good). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_windows/fileformat/adobe_media_newplayer

    Public module reference (good). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2009-4324

    Use-after-free vulnerability in the Doc.media.newPlayer method in Multimedia.api in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file using ZLib compressed streams, as expl

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2009-4324

    Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file.

    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.