CVE-2009-3459 (GCVE-0-2009-3459)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-10-13 10:00 – Updated: 2026-05-21 03:55Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in October 2009. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-20 00:00 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2009-10-08 00:00
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 16d37892-3a02-4a52-80e4-fe85730f9d88
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2026-05-20
Asserted: 2026-05-20
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | Affected: Adobe / Acrobat and Reader | Description: Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption. | Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. | Due date: 2026-06-03 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2009/10/13/adobe-reader-and-acrobat-vulnerabilities ; https://web.archive.org/web/20120324170253/http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html#:~:text=CVE%2D2009%2D3459).-,NOTE%3A,-There%20are%20reports ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3459
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-119 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | Acrobat and Reader |
| Due Date | 2026-06-03 |
| Date Added | 2026-05-20 |
| Vendorproject | Adobe |
| Vulnerabilityname | Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Created: 2026-05-20 18:00 UTC
| Updated: 2026-05-20 18:00 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: fa81ed57-1876-43c8-b8ae-a3f67d69268b
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2009-10-13
Asserted: 2009-10-13
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows remote attackers to execute... | Affected: Adobe / Reader and Acrobat | CVSS: 8.8 (HIGH) | EPSS: 0.86468 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows remote attackers to execute... |
| Vendor | Adobe |
| Product | Reader and Acrobat |
| Added Date | 2009-10-13T10:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 8.8 |
| Epss Score | 0.86468 |
| Cvss Severity | HIGH |
| Epss Percentile | 0.99711 |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev |
|
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 14:04 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-10 06:14 UTC
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Vulnerability timeline
Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC
How durations are calculated
Following the VTEM framework (Black Hat USA 2015), time to patch starts when the vendor or a coordinator was informed, total time to patch at discovery, and disclosure to patch at public disclosure; vendor response time runs from the report to its acknowledgement. Time to exploit and time unpatched start at the earliest discovery or report, falling back to public disclosure. Unpatched time ends at the first recorded patch, or the calculation time when no patch is recorded. Exploitation to patch shows the interval between those two events; a published proof of concept is a public exploit, not exploitation.
Each result shows its source dates. A negative interval means the end event came first; when date-only inputs leave the order open, the result says so. Date-only inputs are approximate. The earliest evidence wins: KEV report dates and sightings are labelled as such. Records describing another vulnerability are listed but never calculated from, and a PoC alone does not establish exploitation. Missing patch evidence does not prove that no patch exists. Filters below change the event list only.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.