High 8.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Mar 19, 2009

CVE-2009-0927Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9 before 9.1, 8 before 8.1.3 , and 7 before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the getIcon…

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Mar 25, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Apr 15, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9 before 9.1, 8 before 8.1.3 , and 7 before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the getIcon method of a Collab object, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-0658.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-121
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Mar 25, 2022; federal remediation due Apr 15, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 96.63% (percentile 100)
Assigned by: mitre
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 22, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

adobe acrobat_reader adobe:acrobat_reader	from 7.0 before 7.1.1; from 8.0 before 8.1.3; from 9.0 before 9.1	NVD

References

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-014x-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9579exploit, x-refsource-exploit-db, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34169vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid, third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34790third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.htmlx-refsource-confirm, patch, vendor-advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021861vdb-entry, x-refsource-sectrack, third-party-advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0770vdb-entry, x-refsource-vupen, third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34490third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00005.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502116/100/0/threadedmailing-list, x-refsource-bugtraq, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34706third-party-advisory, x-refsource-secunia
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-256788-1vendor-advisory, x-refsource-sunalert, broken-link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-17.xmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-gentoo, third-party-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1019vdb-entry, x-refsource-vupen, third-party-advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49312vdb-entry, x-refsource-xf, third-party-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-0927us-government-resource

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