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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2009-0928 in the critical feed json

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat Reader and Acrobat Professional 7.1.0, 8.1.3, 9.0.0, and other versions allows remote attackers…

published 2009-03-25 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0925

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.2%
EPSS 10.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat Reader and Acrobat Professional 7.1.0, 8.1.3, 9.0.0, and other versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file containing a JBIG2 stream with a size inconsistency related to an unspecified table.

Patch / fix

  • acroread RHEL 3 EXTRAS 8.1.4-1
  • acroread RHEL 4 EXTRAS 8.1.4-1.el4
  • acroread RHEL 5 EXTRAS 8.1.4-1.el5
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 3 EXTRAS 8.1.4-1
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 4 EXTRAS 8.1.4-1.el4
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 8.1.4-1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0376

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-0928 updated cvss 6.8

acroread: multiple JBIG2-related security flaws

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.4-1, acroread-plugin 8.1.4-1 Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.4-1.el4, acroread-plugin 8.1.4-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.4-1, acroread-plugin 8.1.4-1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.4-1.el4, acroread-plugin 8.1.4-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 8.1.4-1.el5, acroread-plugin 8.1.4-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.4-1, acroread-plugin 8.1.4-1
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.4-1.el4, acroread-plugin 8.1.4-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 8.1.4-1.el5, acroread-plugin 8.1.4-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.4-1, acroread-plugin 8.1.4-1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.4-1.el4, acroread-plugin 8.1.4-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0376

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Exploit prediction

10.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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