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CVE-2009-0927

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0927 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat versions 7, 8, and 9. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted argument to the getIcon method of a Collab object. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, with multiple Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries available, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, highlighting its widespread impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0, < 7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0, < 8.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.0, < 9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
96.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 25, 2022
Metasploit: Adobe Collab.getIcon() Buffer Overflow · Mar 24, 2009
ExploitDB: EDB-16681 · Sep 25, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9663 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.3-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.3-1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.3-1.el5
View patch
fuji_electricvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
langgeniusvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
lizardbytevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
opensipsvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (5)

langgeniusllm-langgenius-c8723232a7d6f313HIGH

Adobe Acrobat getIcon() Function PDF Handling Overflow

Mar 19, 2009
lizardbytellm-lizardbyte-91e25f650885f5b8HIGH

Adobe Acrobat getIcon() Function PDF Handling Overflow

Mar 19, 2009
opensipsllm-opensips-b0efd85d35e0806fHIGH

Adobe Acrobat getIcon() Function PDF Handling Overflow

Mar 19, 2009
fuji_electricllm-fuji_electric-febb2da057d66f42HIGH

Adobe Acrobat getIcon() Function PDF Handling Overflow

Mar 19, 2009
redhatCVE-2009-0927Critical

security flaw

Mar 18, 2009

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34490
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34706
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34790
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200904-17.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/49312
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/9579
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502116/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/34169
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0770
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1019
Third Party Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-09-014
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry