Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.246.0 and 10.x before 10.0.32.18, and Adobe AIR before 1.5.2, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving URL parsing.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1868 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 18.53%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.93% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33133 | exploit_db | edb | 2009-07-30 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-06-15 | 14.59% | 18.53% | +3.93% |
| 2 | 2025-06-10 | 26.21% | 14.59% | -11.61% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 26.21% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2009-1868: 1 GLSA(s) (200908-04), 2 atom(s) (app-text/acroread, www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-1868 |
redhat
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critical | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1868 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2009-1868 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree), 12 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 10, DNE 1, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1868 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe | air | <= 1.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | air | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | air | 1.01 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | air | 1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | air | 1.5 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | <= 10.0.22.87 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 7.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 7.0.25 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 7.0.63 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.0.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 7.0.63 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.0.63:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 7.0.69.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.0.69.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 7.0.70.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.0.70.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 7.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 7.2 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:8.0:*:basic:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:8.0:*:pro:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 8.0.24.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:8.0.24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 8.0.34.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:8.0.34.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 8.0.35.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:8.0.35.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 8.0.39.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:8.0.39.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 9.0.16 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 9.0.20 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 9.0.20.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 9.0.28 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 9.0.28.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 9.0.31.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.31.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 9.0.45.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.45.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 9.0.47.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.47.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 9.0.48.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.48.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 9.0.112.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.112.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 9.0.114.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.114.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 9.0.115.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.115.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 9.0.124.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0.124.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 10.0.0.584 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:10.0.0.584:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 10.0.12.10 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:10.0.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 10.0.12.36 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:10.0.12.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flex | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flex:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |