CVE-2009-2979

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-10-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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 products

Adobe Acrobat for Edge: through 9.1.3; 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5 (+17)
Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 9.1.3; 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5 (+19)

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6280
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6280

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