# 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 crafte

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 3 on Exploit-DB, 2 Metasploit modules, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2009-02-20 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Calendar.20090219
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34790
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8099
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5697
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=5902
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-051A.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-01.html
- http://osvdb.org/52073
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34490
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33901
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0376.html
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-021212-5523-99&tabid=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34392
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34706
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0472
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/905281
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-256788-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33751
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48825
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021739
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8090
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-17.xml
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16593
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16672
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/adobe_jbig2decode.rb
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/adobe_jbig2decode.rb
- https://github.com/kyaw-tun/blue-team-capstone

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