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CVE-2009-1862

High 7.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)

Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog

Name
Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability
Added to catalog
Remediation due date (US federal)
Required action
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.

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
7.8 (HIGH) Score source: NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
21% (percentile: 98) as of 1 November 2026
CWE
CWE-787

Affected products

adobe: acrobat; adobe: acrobat reader; adobe: flash player

References