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CVE-2009-3459

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
13/10/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in October 2009. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 9.1.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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