Adobe · Reader and Acrobat
CVE-2009-0927
Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
What it is
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.
CISA: Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
What to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Deadline for US federal agencies: April 15, 2022
- Added to the CISA list
- March 25, 2022
- Published
- March 19, 2009
- Severity
- High 8.8 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 97% in the top 0.1% of all known vulnerabilities
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (16)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00005.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-256788-1
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-17.xml
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-014
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9579
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34169
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34790
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021861
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0770
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34490
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502116/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34706
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1019
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49312
More exploited flaws from Adobe
| Added | Vulnerability | Product | Severity | Attack chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2022 | Universal 3D Memory Corruption | Reader and Acrobat | High 8.8 | 89% |
| May 25, 2022 | Sandbox Bypass | Reader and Acrobat | High 8.8 | 22% |
| Mar 28, 2022 | Arbitrary Integer Overflow | Reader and Acrobat | High 8.8 | 67% |
| Mar 3, 2022 | Arbitrary Code Execution | Reader and Acrobat | High 7.8 | 88% |
| Mar 3, 2022 | Memory Corruption | Reader and Acrobat | High 7.8 | 87% |
| Mar 3, 2022 | Memory Corruption | Reader and Acrobat | High 8.8 | 79% |
| Mar 3, 2022 | Use-After-Free | Reader and Acrobat | High 8.8 | 40% |
| Oct 27, 2026 | Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type | Commerce and Magento | Critical 9.3 | 31% |
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.