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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2009-0658 EUVD-2009-0661GHSA-pm5j-jrq9-vmhx

Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 9.0 and earlier, and Acrobat 9.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a craft…

Published Feb 20, 2009 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 5 acroread +1 8.1.4-1.el5 RHSA-2009:0376
RHEL 4 acroread +1 8.1.4-1.el4 RHSA-2009:0376
RHEL 3 acroread +1 8.1.4-1 RHSA-2009:0376

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 2 modules

Exploit-DB 3

GitHub 1 repository

  • kyaw-tun/blue-team-capstone ★ 0 · Aug 23, 2026

    CVSS v3.1 assessment of CVE-2009-0658 (Adobe Acrobat Buffer Overflow), including Base, Temporal, and Environmental scoring and remediation recommendations.

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 1

References