CVE-2009-3431

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 22.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-09-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3, 9.1.2, 9.1.1, and earlier 9.x versions; 8.1.6 and earlier 8.x versions; and possibly 7.1.4 and earlier 7.x versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF file with a large number of [ (open square bracket) characters in the argument to the alert method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat for Edge: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5 (+18)
Adobe Acrobat Reader: 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/35148
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%3A6532
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35148
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%3A6532

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