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CVE-2009-1062

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1062 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 9 before 9.1, 8 before 8.1.4, and 7 before 7.1.1, specifically related to the JBIG2 image compression standard. This flaw could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is considered critical, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
<= 9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:standard:*:*:*:*:*
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:*: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
6.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0620 is in the 67th 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-0:8.1.4-1
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-2009-1062Critical

acroread: multiple JBIG2-related security flaws

Feb 19, 2009

References

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
PatchVendor Advisory
ivizsecurity.com / security-advisory-iviz-sr-09001.html
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0376.html
securityfocus.com / bid/34229
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1019
Vendor Advisory