CVE-2009-0658 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 87.8% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 9.0 and earlier, and Acrobat 9.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, related to a non-JavaScript function call and possibly an embedded JBIG2 image stream, as exploited in the wild in February 2009 by Trojan.Pidief.E.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 87.83% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-02-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| adobe | acrobat |
| adobe | acrobat reader |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Adobe - JBIG2Decode Memory Corruption (Metasploit) (2) | 2010-09-25 |
| exploit-db | Adobe - JBIG2Decode Memory Corruption (Metasploit) (1) | 2010-06-15 |
| exploit-db | Adobe Acrobat Reader - JBIG2 Local Buffer Overflow (PoC) (2) | 2009-02-23 |
References
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=5902
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
- http://osvdb.org/52073
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33901
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34392
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34490
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34790
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-17.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-256788-1
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-01.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/905281
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0376.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33751
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021739
- http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Calendar.20090219
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-021212-5523-99&tabid=2
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-051A.html
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