CVE-2009-0927: Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-25
EPSS: 96.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-03-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat Reader: from 7.0 before 7.1.1; from 8.0 before 8.1.3; from 9.0 before 9.1 — fixed in 7.1.1, 8.1.3, 9.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.1.1, 8.1.3, 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/34490
http://secunia.com/advisories/34706
http://secunia.com/advisories/34790
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.exploit-db.com/exploits/9579
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502116/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34169
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021861

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