01 Record

CVE-2009-3959

Integer overflow in the U3D implementation in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: adobe

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 11.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 95.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2010-01-13 19:00Z16 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 06:45Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2009-11-16

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-189

Data version

5.1

Document digest

fed2d4e5bdbf4d5d3ded98eac012df8992c7b9cd2101d1998cd478bf6c7bca24

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

adobeacrobatNot specified—

adobeacrobat_readerNot specified—

applemac_os_xNot specified—

microsoftwindowsNot specified—

redhatrhel_extrasNot specified—

unixunixNot specified—

06 References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comacrobat-reader-u3dsupport-code-exec(55557)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55557vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
secunia.com38138http://secunia.com/advisories/38138third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.com20100115 VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Acrobat and Reader U3D Integer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508949mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0060http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.securityfocus.com37756http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37756vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:8539https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8539vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
www.vupen.comADV-2010-0103http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.securitytracker.com1023446http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023446vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554293x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com38215http://secunia.com/advisories/38215third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
www.us-cert.govTA10-013Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT