Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat
CVE-2009-3955
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPC_MS_RGN marker in the Jp2c stream of a JpxDecode encoded data stream, which triggers an integer sign extension that bypasses a sanity check, leading to memory corruption.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.158 (96.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.158 · newest: 0.158 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Acrobat — versions 3.0, 3.1, 4.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02
- Apple Mac OS X
- Microsoft Windows
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/38138 (third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8255 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html (vendor-advisory)
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55553 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/38215 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-3955?
- CVE-2009-3955 is a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under CWE-399. Published 2010-01-13.
- Is CVE-2009-3955 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.