Adobe Flash Player 10.x before 10.0.42.34 and Adobe AIR before 1.5.3 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger memory corruption.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-3797 is rated Moderate Risk (63/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.35%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 2025-03-30 | 13.82% | 4.35% | -9.47% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 4.35% | 13.82% | +9.47% |
| 3 | 2025-03-19 | — | 4.35% | — |
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
|
normal | CVE-2009-3797: 1 GLSA(s) (201001-02), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-3797 |
redhat
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critical | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3797 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2009-3797 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (flashplugin-nonfree), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): released 5, ignored 1, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3797 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe | adobe_air | <= 1.5.2 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | adobe_air | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | adobe_air | 1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | adobe_air | 1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | adobe_air | 1.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_air:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| 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 | flash_player | 10.0.22.87 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:10.0.22.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| adobe | flash_player | 10.0.32.18 | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:10.0.32.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |