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CVE-2009-0927
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…
High8.8Known exploitedEPSS 96.6%
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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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
- Added
- 25 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 15 Apr 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 96.6% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (17)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-014 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 9579 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 34169 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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
- 1021861 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0770 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 34490 (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
- 20090324 ZDI-09-014: Adobe Acrobat getIcon() Stack Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 34706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 256788 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_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
- adobe-unspecified-javascript-code-execution(49312) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-0927 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (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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