Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat
CVE-2009-1856
Integer overflow in Adobe Reader 7 and Acrobat 7 before 7.1.3, Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8 before 8.1.6, and Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 before 9.1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a PDF file containing unspecified parameters to the FlateDecode filter, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.139 (96.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.139 · newest: 0.139 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Acrobat — versions 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
- Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35274 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1547 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35655 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-161A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35734 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1109.html (vendor-advisory)
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (third-party-advisory)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-07.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51021 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-1856?
- CVE-2009-1856 is a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, classified under CWE-189. Published 2009-06-11.
- Is CVE-2009-1856 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.