$ cve CVE-2009-0927 JSON

CVE-2009-0927 KEV EXPLOIT

8.8

HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 96.6% (pctl 100)

Patch first

On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-04-15.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9 before 9.1, 8 before 8.1.3 , and 7 before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the getIcon method of a Collab object, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0658.

Scoring

CVSS	8.8 (HIGH, v3.1)
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS	96.63% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-20
On CISA KEV	yes — remediate by 2022-04-15
Public exploit	yes
Published	2009-03-19
Last modified	2026-06-16

CISA KEV

Name	Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Added	2022-03-25
Due	2022-04-15
Vendor / product	Adobe / Reader and Acrobat
Ransomware use	none reported

Affected (1)

Vendor	Product
adobe	acrobat reader

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Adobe - 'Collab.getIcon()' Local Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2)	2010-09-25
exploit-db	Adobe - 'Collab.getIcon()' Local Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (1)	2010-04-30
exploit-db	Adobe Acrobat/Reader < 7.1.1/8.1.3/9.1 - Collab getIcon Universal	2009-09-03
exploit-db	Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 < 9.0 - 'getIcon()' Memory Corruption	2009-05-04

References

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