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CVE-2009-3957

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3957 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9.x prior to 9.3 and 8.x prior to 8.2 on both Windows and Mac OS X. This flaw allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a NULL pointer dereference, leading to application instability. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring low attack complexity and resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0475 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/55555
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7975
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/37760
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0103
Vendor Advisory