{"cve":"CVE-2009-3431","nvd":{"published":"2009-09-25T23:30:02.453","modified":"2026-06-16T23:11:35.380","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"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"],"products":["adobe:acrobat","adobe:acrobat_reader"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-3431","score":0.21984,"percentile":0.9766,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}