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CVE-2009-0927
Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
CVSS 8.8 · HIGH
⚠ CISA KEV — ACTIVELY EXPLOITED
On the CISA KEV catalog
Confirmed exploited in the wild. Added 2022-03-25.
Federal remediation due 2022-04-15.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Summary
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.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 8.8 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | REQUIRED |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity | HIGH |
| Availability | HIGH |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Adobe acrobat reader
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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
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0770
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1019
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-014
Data: NIST NVD + CISA KEV. NVD last modified 2026-04-22. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.