CVE-2009-2984
Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—
Unspecified vulnerability in the image decoder in Adobe Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 and 8.x through 8.1.7, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Base score: 9.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 7.21%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 94
- Score date: 10/11/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5523
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5523
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"evaluatorImpact": "Per: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html\r\n\r\nThis update resolves an image decoder issue that leads to a Denial of Service (DoS); arbitrary code execution has not been demonstrated, but may be possible. This issue is specific to Acrobat and does not affect Adobe Reader. (CVE-2009-2984).\r\nNOTE: this issue is resolved in the Acrobat 9.2 update.",
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"evaluatorSolution": "Per: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html\r\n\r\nSolution\r\n\r\nAcrobat\r\n\r\nAcrobat Standard and Pro users on Windows can find the appropriate update here:\r\nhttp://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows.\r\n\r\nAcrobat Pro Extended users on Windows can find the appropriate update here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=158&platform=Windows\r\n\r\nAcrobat 3D users on Windows can find the appropriate update here:\r\nhttp://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=112&platform=Windows.\r\n\r\nAcrobat Pro users on Macintosh can find the appropriate update here:\r\nhttp://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Macintosh."
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