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CVE-2009-3459
CWE-119
Critical
97.7
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
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.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 8.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 86.58%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since May 2026
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- CWE-119, CWE-122
- Published
- 13 Oct 2009
- Last modified 21 May 2026
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time