# CVE-2009-1862: 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.

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-06-08, remediation due 2022-06-22
- Published: 2009-07-23 · Updated: 2025-10-22

## Summary

Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Flash Player are affected. A remote attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF or SWF file, allowing arbitrary code execution or causing the software to crash.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259425
- http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-072209-2512-99
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00003.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-04.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3864
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6847
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/07/potential_adobe_reader_and_fla.html
- http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/next-generation-flash-vulnerability
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-1265
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36374
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36193
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-03.html
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10293389-245.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35759

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