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CVE-2009-2997

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2997 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x prior to their respective security updates. This flaw could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely with medium attack complexity. Despite its high CVSS score of 9.3 and FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0837 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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-2009-2997Critical

acroread: Multiple arbitrary code execution 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%3A6481
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