What is CVE-2009-0658?

CVE-2009-0658 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2009-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2009-0658?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2009-0658 known to be exploited?

6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat

CVE-2009-0658

Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 9.0 and earlier, and Acrobat 9.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, related to a non-JavaScript function call and possibly an embedded JBIG2 image stream, as exploited in the wild in February 2009 by Trojan.Pidief.E.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2009-02-20 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.878 (99.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-17.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.878 · newest: 0.878 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat — versions 9.0
Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php (Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/34790 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8099 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5697 (Tool Signature, signature, vdb-entry)
isc.sans.org/diary.html (Third Party Advisory)
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-051A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-01.html (Vendor Advisory)
osvdb.org/52073 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
secunia.com/advisories/34490 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-0658?: CVE-2009-0658 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2009-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2009-0658?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2009-0658 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.