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CVE-2009-0219

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-01-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

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 performs delete operations on uninitialized pointers, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted data stream in a .pdf file.

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=766
• 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/33250
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021559
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=766
• 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/33250
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021559

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