CVE-2009-1492
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 25.5%EU EUVD
The getAnnots Doc method in the JavaScript API in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1, 8.1.4, 7.1.1, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that contains an annotation, and has an OpenAction entry with JavaScript code that calls this method with crafted integer arguments.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 25.5% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1489)
- Published
- April 30, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1489 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat reader
References
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/04/potential_adobe_reader_issue.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/04/update_on_adobe_reader_issue.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/05/adobe_reader_issue_update.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/54130(Broken Link)
- http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0904-exploits/getannots.txt(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34924(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35055(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35096(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35152(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35358(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35734(Third Party Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-06.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259028-1(Broken Link)
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=926953(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-06.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970180(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0478.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34736(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022139(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133B.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1189(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1317(Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50145(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8569(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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