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title: CVE-2009-3462
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3462
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# CVE-2009-3462

Publication date 19 October 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before
9.2 on Unix, when Debug mode is enabled, allow attackers to execute
arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to a "format bug."

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| acroread | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 9.2-1karmic1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 9.2-1jaunty1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 9.2-1intrepid2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 9.2-1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3462)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3462)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3462)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3462)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3462>