CVE-2009-4195

Exp

Buffer overflow in Adobe Illustrator CS4 14.0.0, CS3 13.0.3 and earlier, and CS3 13.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long DSC comment in an Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2009-12-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-4195 is rated High Exploit Risk (82/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 70.68%, 99th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-4195

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16669 exploit_db edb 2010-09-25 Exploit-DB ↗
10344 exploit_db edb 2009-12-07 Exploit-DB ↗
10281 exploit_db edb 2009-12-03 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4195

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 2026-06-15 87.20% 70.68% -16.51%
2 2025-03-30 87.59% 87.20% -0.39%
3 2025-03-29 — 87.59% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4195

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4195

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4195

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe illustrator 13.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:illustrator:13.0.0:cs4:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe illustrator 14.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:illustrator:14.0.0:cs4:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4195

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