CVE-2009-2996

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2985.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 19, 2009
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2009-2996: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix