CVE-2009-0658
Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 9.0 and earlier, and Acrobat 9.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 87.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits7
Metasploit modules2 modules
- Adobe JBIG2Decode Heap Corruption (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/adobe_jbig2decodeRank gooddisclosed 19 Feb 2009
- Adobe JBIG2Decode Memory Corruption (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_jbig2decodeRank gooddisclosed 19 Feb 2009
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Adobe - JBIG2Decode Memory Corruption (Metasploit) (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16672local, windowspublished 25 Sept 2010Verified
- Adobe - JBIG2Decode Memory Corruption (Metasploit) (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16593local, windowspublished 15 Jun 2010Verified
- Adobe Acrobat Reader - JBIG2 Local Buffer Overflow (PoC) (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8099dos, windowspublished 23 Feb 2009Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 8099 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 8090 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 87.8% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
26
- http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Calendar.20090219 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 34790 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 8099 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5697 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=5902 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA09-051A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 52073 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 34490 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33901 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0376 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-021212-5523-99&tabid=2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 34392 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 34706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0472 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_FRSIRTx_transferred
- VU#905281 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 256788 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 33751 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- adobe-acrobat-reader-image-bo(48825) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1021739 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 8090 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- GLSA-200904-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1019 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0661 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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