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CVE-2009-0928

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0928 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader and Acrobat Professional versions 7.1.0, 8.1.3, and 9.0.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious PDF file containing a malformed JBIG2 stream. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical nature, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1023 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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)

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
adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0928Critical

acroread: multiple JBIG2-related security flaws

Feb 19, 2009

References

labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
secunia.com / advisories/34392
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34490
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34706
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34790
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200904-17.xml
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0376.html
securityfocus.com / bid/34229
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1019
Vendor Advisory