CVE-2009-0927

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-25. Federal remediation due 2022-04-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

96.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2009-03-19 10:00Z17 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2009-03-17

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

89822ecc975c86b59e47f7fd927bc98b6dabc6f82307538cec62b2d31f3d7f50

• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-014x_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com9579http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9579exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securityfocus.com34169http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34169vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• secunia.com34790http://secunia.com/advisories/34790third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1021861http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021861vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.vupen.comADV-2009-0770http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0770vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• secunia.com34490http://secunia.com/advisories/34490third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2009:014http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00005.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com20090324 ZDI-09-014: Adobe Acrobat getIcon() Stack Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502116/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• secunia.com34706http://secunia.com/advisories/34706third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• sunsolve.sun.com256788http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-256788-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200904-17http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-17.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:009http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.vupen.comADV-2009-1019http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1019vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comadobe-unspecified-javascript-code-execution(49312)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49312vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-0927government-resource