Description
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 do not properly perform XMP-XML entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted document.
Published: 2009-10-19
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2964 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 do not properly perform XMP-XML entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted document.
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Adobe Acrobat Acrobat Reader
Redhat Rhel Extras
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:07:37.448Z

Reserved: 2009-08-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2979

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-10-19T22:30:00.217

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2979

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-2979 - Bugzilla

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