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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2009-3459

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.

CISA KEV
CVSS Base Score
8.8
HIGH
Exploitability:2.9
Impact Score:5.9
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:86.47%

Threat Intelligence Signals

CISA KEV
YES
KEV Date Added
2026-05-20
Ransomware Use
Unknown
KEV Due Date
2026-06-03
VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
No
EPSS Score
86.468%
EPSS Percentile
99.7th pct
GitHub Severity
HIGH
SSVC Exploitation
SSVC Automatable
Vulnerability Class

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Exploit DB ReferencesNone identified

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
No affected products specified.

References

No reference links found.

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