CVE-2009-2998 — Improper Input Validation in Adobe Acrobat

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents4 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
48.1%
top 2.26%
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 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 do not properly validate input, which might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3458.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDadobe/acrobat_reader9.1.3+25
▶NVDadobe/acrobat9.1.3+24

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mxjg-fcq7-wmwq: Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7↗2022-05-02
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GHSA
GHSA-745f-p38x-qh76: Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7↗2022-05-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
acroread: Multiple arbitrary code execution fixes in 8.1.7 (APSB09-15)↗2009-10-13
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Red Hat
acroread: Multiple arbitrary code execution fixes in 8.1.7 (APSB09-15)↗2009-10-13
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
acroread: Multiple arbitrary code execution fixes in 8.1.7 (APSB09-15)↗2009-10-13
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