CVE-2009-3955

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPC_MS_RGN marker in the Jp2c stream of a JpxDecode encoded data stream, which triggers an integer sign extension that bypasses a sanity check, leading to memory corruption.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 61.57% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory adobe.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/38138 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8255 vdb entry signature
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html vendor advisory
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=836 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55553 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023446 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554293
http://secunia.com/advisories/38215 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37757 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html third party advisory us government resource

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-3955?
CVE-2009-3955 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-3955?
To fix CVE-2009-3955, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-3955 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-3955 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~62% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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