CVE-2009-3244: Adobe Shockwave Player

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 20.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Adobe Shockwave Player: up to and including 11.5.1.601; version 1.0 only; version 2.0 only; version 3.0 only; version 4.0 only; version 5.0 only; …

Published 2009-09-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.