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CVE-2009-0176

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-01-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the PDF distiller in the Attachment Service in Research in Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 4.1.3 through 4.1.6, BlackBerry Professional Software 4.1.4, and BlackBerry Unite! before 1.0.3 bundle 28 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted stream in a .pdf file, related to "symWidths"; or (2) a crafted data stream in a .pdf file, related to "bitmaps."

Affected products

• Research In Motion Limited Blackberry Enterprise Server: 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6
• Research In Motion Limited Blackberry Professional Software: 4.1.4
• Research In Motion Limited Blackberry Unite: through 1.0.3; 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2

References

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=764
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=765
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33534
• http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB17118
• http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB17119
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33224
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=764
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=765
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33534
• http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB17118
• http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB17119
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33224

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