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CVE-2009-2979

Date: October 19, 2009

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 do not properly perform XMP-XML entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted document.

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (9)

Url: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2979

Url: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6280

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-2979

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-2979

Severity Score

3.7

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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