CVE-2009-3955

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-01-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPC_MS_RGN marker in the Jp2c stream of a JpxDecode encoded data stream, which triggers an integer sign extension that bypasses a sanity check, leading to memory corruption.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat for Edge: through 9.2; 3.0, 3.1, 4.0, 4.0.5, 4.0.5a, 4.0.5c (+40)
Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 9.2; 3.0, 3.01, 3.02, 4.0, 4.0.5, 4.0.5a (+43)

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=836
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38138
http://secunia.com/advisories/38215
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37757
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023446
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554293
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55553

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