acroread: Multiple DoS fixes in 8.1.7 (APSB09-15)
Published Sep 25, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 21.60%
Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3, 9.1.2, 9.1.1, and earlier 9.x versions; 8.1.6 and earlier 8.x versions; and possibly 7.1.4 and earlier 7.x versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF file with a large number of [ (open square bracket) characters in the argument to the alert method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected products
No data.
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.2
- 7.0.2
- 7.0.2
- 7.0.3
- 7.0.3
- 7.0.3
- 7.0.4
- 7.0.4
- 7.0.4
- 7.0.5
- 7.0.5
- 7.0.5
- 7.0.6
- 7.0.6
- 7.0.6
- 7.0.7
- 7.0.7
- 7.0.7
- 7.0.8
- 7.0.8
- 7.0.8
- 7.0.8
- 7.0.9
- 7.0.9
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1.0
- 7.1.1
- 7.1.1
- 8.0
- 8.0
- 8.0
- 8.1
- 8.1
- 8.1.1
- 8.1.1
- 8.1.1
- 8.1.2
- 8.1.2
- 8.1.2
- 8.1.2
- 8.1.3
- 8.1.3
- 8.1.3
- 8.1.4
- 8.1.4
- 8.1.4
- 9
- 9.0
- 9.0
- 9.0.0
- 9.1
- 9.1
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.2
- 7.0.3
- 7.0.4
- 7.0.5
- 7.0.6
- 7.0.7
- 7.0.8
- 7.0.9
- 7.1
- 7.1.1
- 8.0
- 8.1
- 8.1.1
- 8.1.2
- 8.1.2
- 8.1.3
- 8.1.4
- 8.1.5
- 9
- 9.1
- 9.1.1
- 9.1.2
- 9.1.3
No data.
Extras for RHEL 3
acroread-0:8.1.7-1
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1499
Extras for RHEL 4
acroread-0:8.1.7-1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1499
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
acroread-0:8.1.7-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1499
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extras for RHEL 3 | acroread-0:8.1.7-1 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1499 |
| Extras for RHEL 4 | acroread-0:8.1.7-1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1499 |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | acroread-0:8.1.7-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1499 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 21.60% (0.21597) | 97.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 21.43% (0.21432) | 97.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 22, 2026 | 20.40% (0.20396) | 95.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 13, 2026 | 21.86% (0.21858) | 95.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 25.55% (0.25550) | 95.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 44.48% (0.44480) | 96.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 25.55% (0.25550) | 95.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 26.96% (0.26957) | 95.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 22.82% (0.22825) | 96.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 5, 2024 | 10.08% (0.10083) | 94.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 13, 2023 | 10.59% (0.10591) | 94.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 14, 2023 | 9.16% (0.09155) | 93.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.68% (0.06679) | 92.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.59% (0.08587) | 93.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 8.59% (0.08587) | 93.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 91.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.59% (0.08587) | 93.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.59% (0.08587) | 82.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35148 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3431 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528665 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3431
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6532 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3431
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35148 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3431 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528665 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3431 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6532 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3431 |
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