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CVE-2009-1855
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 7 and Acrobat 7 before 7.1.3, Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8 before 8.1.6, and Adobe Reader 9…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 12.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 7 and Acrobat 7 before 7.1.3, Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8 before 8.1.6, and Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 before 9.1.2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file containing a malformed U3D model file with a crafted extension block.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 10 days later
· 10 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.4% · top 3.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References17
- 35274 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20090610 ZDI-09-042: Adobe Reader U3D RHAdobeMeta Stack Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1547 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 35655 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA09-161A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 35734 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1109 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-07.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1022361 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 35282 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200907-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 34580 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-042 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 35685 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 35496 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-1850 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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