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critical 9.3

CVE-2009-2998 in the critical feed json

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 do not properly validate input, which might allow attackers…

published 2009-10-19 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2983

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.4%
EPSS 10.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 do not properly validate input, which might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3458.

Patch / fix

  • acroread RHEL 3 EXTRAS 8.1.7-1
  • acroread RHEL 4 EXTRAS 8.1.7-1.el4
  • acroread RHEL 5 EXTRAS 8.1.7-1.el5
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 3 EXTRAS 8.1.7-1
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 4 EXTRAS 8.1.7-1.el4
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 8.1.7-1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1499

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-2998 updated cvss 6.8

acroread: Multiple arbitrary code execution fixes in 8.1.7 (APSB09-15)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.7-1, acroread-plugin 8.1.7-1 Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.7-1.el4, acroread-plugin 8.1.7-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.7-1, acroread-plugin 8.1.7-1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.7-1.el4, acroread-plugin 8.1.7-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 8.1.7-1.el5, acroread-plugin 8.1.7-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.7-1, acroread-plugin 8.1.7-1
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.7-1.el4, acroread-plugin 8.1.7-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 8.1.7-1.el5, acroread-plugin 8.1.7-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.7-1, acroread-plugin 8.1.7-1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.7-1.el4, acroread-plugin 8.1.7-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1499

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Exploit prediction

10.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.