CVE-2009-3799

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2009-12-08
Bugzilla:
543857: flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB09-19) (CVE-2009-3794, CVE-2009-3796, CVE-2009-3797, CVE-2009-3798, CVE-2009-3799, CVE-2009-3800)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer overflow in the Verifier::parseExceptionHandlers function in Adobe Flash Player before 10.0.42.34 and Adobe AIR before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SWF file with a large exception_count value that triggers memory corruption, related to "generation of ActionScript exception handlers."

Find out more about CVE-2009-3799 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras (flash-plugin) RHSA-2009:1658 2009-12-09
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (flash-plugin) RHSA-2009:1658 2009-12-09
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (flash-plugin) RHSA-2009:1657 2009-12-09

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