CVE-2009-3959

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.5% 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-189

Description

Integer overflow in the U3D implementation in 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 malformed PDF document.

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://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/archive/1/508949
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37756
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/55557

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