CVE-2009-3244
Heap-based buffer overflow in the SwDir.dll ActiveX control in Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.1.601 and earlier allows remote attackers to…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 20.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the SwDir.dll ActiveX control in Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.1.601 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long PlayerVersion property value.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.1.601 - Multiple Code Executions (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10093remote, multiplepublished 4 Nov 2009Verified
- Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.1.601 - ActiveX Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9682dos, windowspublished 15 Sept 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 9682 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.4% · top 2.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 36905 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 9682 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-16.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3134 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6530 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1023123 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3227 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-3244)Record last updated .