CVE-2009-4324

Publication date 15 December 2009

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
acroread 9.10 karmic
Fixed 9.3.1-1karmic1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 9.3.1-1jaunty1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 9.3.1-1intrepid1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 9.3.1-1hardy2
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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