CVE-2009-0193

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-03-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 before 9.1, 8 before 8.1.4, and 7 before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a malformed JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1061 and CVE-2009-1062.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat Reader: from 7.0 before 7.1.1; from 8.0 before 8.1.4; from 9.0 before 9.1 — fixed in 7.1.1, 8.1.4, 9.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.1.1, 8.1.4, 9.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34392
http://secunia.com/advisories/34490
http://secunia.com/advisories/34706
http://secunia.com/advisories/34790
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-14/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-17.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-256788-1
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0376.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502155/100/0/threaded

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