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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1343

CSH Severity: Critical

CVSS v4: 8.4 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2009-0658

CWE-ID: CWE-120

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

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.

Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop

Update Adobe Acrobat 7.x for Windows and Macintosh to version 7.1.1:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Macintosh
Update Adobe Acrobat 3D version 7.x on Windows to 7.1.1:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=112&platform=Windows

Update Adobe Acrobat 8.x for Windows and Macintosh to version 8.1.4:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Macintosh
Update Adobe Acrobat 3D version 8.x on Windows to 8.1.4:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=112&platform=Windows

Update Adobe Acrobat 9 for Windows and Macintosh to version 9.1:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4381
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4374

Update Adobe Reader 7.x to version 7.1.1, 8.x to 8.1.4, 9.x to 9.1:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Macintosh
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Unix

• Exploit #562 - Adobe - JBIG2Decode Memory Corruption (Metasploit) (2) (March 18, 2020)
• Exploit #563 - Adobe - JBIG2Decode Memory Corruption (Metasploit) (1) (March 18, 2020)
• Exploit #564 - Adobe Acrobat Reader - JBIG2 Local Buffer Overflow PoC (2) (March 18, 2020)
• Exploit #1646 - Adobe JBIG2Decode Memory Corruption (March 18, 2020)
• Exploit #1704 - Adobe JBIG2Decode Heap Corruption (March 18, 2020)

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

• Remote code execution in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader
• Gentoo update for Adobe Reader
• openSUSE update for flash-player
• Red Hat update for acroread