# CVE-2009-3791: Denial of service in n/a

> Attackers can cause resource exhaustion and denial of service in Adobe Flash Media Server via unspecified vectors.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Dec 2009
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9rgw-x23v-g78g

## What is CVE-2009-3791?

CVE-2009-3791 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Dec 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Media Server (FMS) before 3.5.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via unknown vectors.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3791?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Adobe Flash Media Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-3791?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3791 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2009-3791 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3791 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2010-3635](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3635/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-2217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2217/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-3792](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3792/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-1365](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1365/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2011-2132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2132/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-3791 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-3791 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Dec 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3791 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3791/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3791/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3791
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3791
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-3791

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3791/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.