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CVE-2009-0193

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0193 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 9 prior to 9.1, 8 prior to 8.1.4, and 7 prior to 7.1.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF file containing a malformed JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence like Metasploit or ExploitDB entries are noted, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage, the potential for remote code execution makes it a significant risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0, < 7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0, < 8.1.4CPE 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: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0959 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.4-1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.4-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.4-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0193Critical

acroread: multiple JBIG2-related security flaws

Feb 19, 2009

References

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/34392
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34490
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34706
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34790
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / secunia_research/2009-14
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200904-17.xml
Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0376.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502155/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/34229
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1019
Third Party Advisory