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#VU1343 Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2009-0658

Published: December 16, 2016 / Updated: March 7, 2017

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1343

Vulnerability risk: Critical

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red

CVE-ID: CVE-2009-0658

CWE-ID: CWE-120

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerable software:
Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat

Software vendor:
Adobe

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to buffer overflow when parsing a malformed JBIG2 image stream. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted .pdf file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Remediation

External links

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html

#VU1343 Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2009-0658

Description

Remediation

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