Is CVE-2009-2988 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2988 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2988?

CVE-2009-2988 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-2988

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.5%EU EUVD

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 do not properly validate input, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 3.5% (89th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-2973)
Published: October 19, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2973 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

adobe / acrobat
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References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36638
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html(Patch, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6483

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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