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CVE-2009-3958

N/A

Published: January 13, 2010 at 07:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorAcrobat ReaderAcrobat· also runs on 3 platforms

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 53%

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the NOS Microsystems getPlus Helper ActiveX control before 1.6.2.49 in gp.ocx in the Download Manager in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified initialization parameters.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Acrobat · Adobe

95%

v ≤ 9.23.0 3.1 4.0 4.0.5 4.0.5a 4.0.5c 5.0 5.0.10 5.0.5 5.0.6 6.0 6.0.1 6.0.2 6.0.3 6.0.4 6.0.5 6.0.6 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 7.1.0 7.1.1 7.1.2 7.1.3 7.1.4 8.0 8.1 8.1.1 8.1.2 8.1.3 8.1.4 8.1.5 8.1.6 8.1.7 9.0 9.1 9.1.1 9.1.2 9.1.3

apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)

Acrobat Reader · Adobe

95%

v ≤ 9.23.0 3.01 3.02 4.0 4.0.5 4.0.5a 4.0.5c 4.5 5.0 5.0.10 5.0.11 5.0.5 5.0.6 5.0.7 5.0.9 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 6.0.2 6.0.3 6.0.4 6.0.5 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 7.1.0 7.1.1 7.1.2 7.1.3 8.0 8.1 8.1.1 8.1.2 8.1.4 8.1.5 8.1.6 8.1.7 9.0 9.1 9.1.1 9.1.2 9.1.3

apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment) · unix-unix (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

95%

Windows · Microsoft

95%

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (9)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource

Source: [email protected]

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/773545

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37759

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023446

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource

Source: [email protected]

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103

VDB Entryx_refsource_XF

Source: [email protected]

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55556

CVSS

10HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-119

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