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CVE-2009-0198

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0198 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the JBIG2 filter of Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7, 8, and 9, allowing remote attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:7.0.1:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*

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
8.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0883 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-0:8.1.6-1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.6-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: acroread-0:8.1.6-2.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0198Critical

acroread: multiple security fixes in version 8.1.6 (APSB09-07)

Jun 9, 2009

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
secunia.com / advisories/34580
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35496
secunia.com / advisories/35655
secunia.com / advisories/35685
secunia.com / advisories/35734
secunia.com / secunia_research/2009-24
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200907-06.xml
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/51015
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb09-07.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1109.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/504217/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/35274
securityfocus.com / bid/35302
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-161A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1547
PatchVendor Advisory