CVE-2009-2979 — Adobe Acrobat vulnerability

4 documents4 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.8%
top 17.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Adobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat Reader
Timeline
PublishedOct 19
Latest updateMay 2

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 do not properly perform XMP-XML entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted document.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader9.1.3+25
▶NVDadobe/acrobat9.1.3+23

Patches

Patch: www.adobe.com ↗Patch: www.us-cert.gov ↗Patch: www.vupen.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-j7rw-94xq-mrc3: Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9↗2022-05-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
acroread: Multiple DoS fixes in 8.1.7 (APSB09-15)↗2009-10-13
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-2979 CVE-2009-2988 CVE-2009-3431 acroread: Multiple DoS fixes in 8.1.7 (APSB09-15)↗2009-10-13
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