CVE-2009-2983 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9.x prior to 9.2, 8.x prior to 8.1.7, and potentially 7.x through 7.1.4. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 9.3, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code with medium attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-33283) confirms the existence of remote code execution exploit code. The vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential interest in its exploitation, despite no reported active exploitation or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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