CVE-2009-2979: 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…

PriorityP419medium4.3CVSS 2.0

AVNACMAuNCNINAP

EPSS

3.22%

86.9th percentile

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.

Affected

50 ranges· showing 25

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
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adobe	acrobat_reader	<= 9.1.3	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

vendor_redhat4.3MEDIUM

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