CVE-2009-2990

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 68.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-10-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Array index error in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

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%3A6371
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%3A6371

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