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Vulnerability · CVE-2009-0658

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Published Feb 20, 2009 · catalog updated Feb 20, 2009 · Adobe Acrobat and Reader

Patch now

CVE-2009-0658 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
87.83%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated Acrobat and Reader · vendor Adobe Acrobat and Reader

Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 9.0 and earlier, and Acrobat 9.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, related to a non-JavaScript function call and possibly an embedded JBIG2 image stream, as exploited in the wild in February 2009 by Trojan.Pidief.E.

Are you affected?

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  • stated Acrobat and Reader<= 9.0
  • vendor Adobe Acrobat and Readerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2009-0658

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2009-0658 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Adobe Acrobat and Reader against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Acrobat and Reader <= 9.0. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 87.83%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 20, 2009 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 9.0 and earlier, and Acrobat 9.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, related to a non-JavaScript function call and possibly an embedded JBIG2 image stream, as exploited in the wild in February 2009 by Trojan.Pidief.E.

  2. Feb 20, 2009 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2009-0658

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2009-0658

    30-day exploitation probability 87.8%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2009-0658

    Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 9.0 and earlier, and Acrobat 9.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, related to a non-JavaScript function call and possibly an embedded JBIG2 image stream, as exploited in the wild in February

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.