CVE-2009-3459
High 8.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8 (HIGH)
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 87% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-119, CWE-122
Affected products
adobe: acrobat; adobe: acrobat reader
References
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/10/adobe_reader_and_acrobat_issue_1.html Broken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36983 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html PatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2851 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898 Vendor Advisory
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/10/adobe_reader_and_acrobat_issue_1.html Broken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36983 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html PatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2851 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898 Vendor Advisory