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CVE-2009-2988

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2988 describes an input validation vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x prior to their respective patches. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service through unspecified vectors. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits or Metasploit modules available. Despite this, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0352 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.7-1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.7-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.7-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2988Important

acroread: Multiple DoS fixes in 8.1.7 (APSB09-15)

Oct 13, 2009

References

securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6483
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/36638
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html
PatchUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2898
PatchVendor Advisory