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CVE-2009-2979

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 do not properly perform XMP-XML entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted document.

Published

2009-10-19T22:30:00.217

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	adobe	acrobat	≤ 9.1.3	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	7.0	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	7.0.1	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	7.0.2	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	7.0.3	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	7.0.4	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	7.0.5	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	7.0.6	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	7.0.7	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	7.0.8	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	7.0.9	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	7.1.0	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	7.1.1	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	7.1.3	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	8.0	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	8.1	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	8.1.1	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	8.1.2	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	8.1.3	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	8.1.4	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	8.1.6	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	9.0	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	9.1.1	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat	9.1.2	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	≤ 9.1.3	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	7.0	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	7.0.1	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	7.0.2	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	7.0.3	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	7.0.4	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	7.0.5	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	7.0.6	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	7.0.7	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	7.0.8	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	7.0.9	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	7.1.0	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	7.1.1	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	7.1.3	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	8.0	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	8.1	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	8.1.1	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	8.1.2	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	8.1.3	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	8.1.4	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	8.1.5	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	8.1.6	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	9.0	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	9.1	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	9.1.1	Yes
Application	adobe	acrobat_reader	9.1.2	Yes

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007 ([email protected])
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638 ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html Patch, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6280 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html Patch, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6280 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)