CVSS 3.1
8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2009-3459
High (8.8) in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. In CISA KEV since 2026-05-20. EPSS 87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in October 2009. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
- EPSS
- 87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2026-05-20, due 2026-06-03
- CWEs
- CWE-119, CWE-122
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- adobe:acrobat
- adobe:acrobat_reader