CVE-2009-3955
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…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 15.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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 crafted JPC_MS_RGN marker in the Jp2c stream of a JpxDecode encoded data stream, which triggers an integer sign extension that bypasses a sanity check, leading to memory corruption.
Timeline
ID reserved
By adobe
- 58 days later
· 58 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.8% · top 3.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References13
- 38138 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8255 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20100113 Adobe Reader and Acrobat JpxDecode Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- acrobat-reader-jpxdecode-code-exec(55553) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0103 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1023446 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554293 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38215 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 37757 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- TA10-013A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_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-2009-3926 (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-2009-3955)Record last updated .