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CVE-2009-3959
Integer overflow in the U3D implementation in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 11.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Integer overflow in the U3D implementation in 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 malformed PDF document.
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)
- 11.5% · top 3.9% 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 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References13
- acrobat-reader-u3dsupport-code-exec(55557) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 38138 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20100115 VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Acrobat and Reader U3D Integer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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
- 37756 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8539 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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
- 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-2009-3930 (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-2009-3959)Record last updated .