Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU1343

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

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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1343

CSH Severity: Critical

CVSS v4.0: 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

Vendor: Adobe

Affected software:
Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat

Detailed vulnerability 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.

How to mitigate CVE-2009-0658

Sources

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

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

Detailed vulnerability description

How to mitigate CVE-2009-0658

Sources

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