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CVE-2009-0927

Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

  • High 8.8
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 25 Mar 2022
  • A public exploit reference is listed

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.

Key facts

Published
19 Mar 2009
Last changed
22 Oct 2025
Assigned by
mitre
KEV added
25 Mar 2022
KEV fix due
15 Apr 2022
EPSS
96.632% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.884% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 8.8CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

  • Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/a
  • n/a (affected)

Timeline

  1. 19 Mar 2009 Published
  2. 25 Mar 2022 CVE-2009-0927 added to CISA KEV
  3. 25 Mar 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

References