⚠ Exploited in the wild
Exploitation observed in the wild. Not yet on CISA KEV.
CVE-2009-3459 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Adobe Acrobat
CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer10 documents9 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
88.4%
top 0.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 13
Latest updateMay 2
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.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0