CVE-2009-2990
Array index error in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 might allow attackers to…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 68.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Array index error in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Adobe U3D CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration Array Overrun (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/fileformat/adobe_u3d_meshcontRank gooddisclosed 13 Oct 2009
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Adobe - U3D CLODProgressiveMeshDeclaration Array Overrun (Metasploit) (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16309remote, multiplepublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
- Adobe Reader / Acrobat - '.U3D' File Invalid Array Index Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9990local, multiplepublished 9 Nov 2009Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 53 days later
· 53 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)
- 68.6% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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
6
- 36638 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6371 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- TA09-286B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1023007 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2898 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2009-2975 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-2990)Record last updated .