CVE-2009-1856

Description

Integer overflow in Adobe Reader 7 and Acrobat 7 before 7.1.3, Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8 before 8.1.6, and Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 before 9.1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a PDF file containing unspecified parameters to the FlateDecode filter, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 26.11% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory adobe.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35274 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1547 vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35655 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-161A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/35734 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1109.html vendor advisory
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=807 third party advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-07.html patch vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00000.html vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51021 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022361 vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-06.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34580 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35294 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/35496 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1856?
CVE-2009-1856 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1856?
To fix CVE-2009-1856, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-1856 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1856 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~26% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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