9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2009-1861
Adobe Reader/ Acrobat JPEG2000 Heap Buffer Overflows
Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows 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 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF file with a JPX (aka JPEG2000) stream that triggers heap memory corruption.

INFO

Published Date :

June 11, 2009, 3:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2009-1861 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-1861 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Adobe acrobat
2 Adobe acrobat_reader
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-1861.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34580 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35496
http://secunia.com/advisories/35655
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
http://secunia.com/advisories/35734
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-06.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022361
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-07.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/568153 US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1109.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35274
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35295
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-161A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1547 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34580 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35496
http://secunia.com/advisories/35655
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
http://secunia.com/advisories/35734
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-06.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022361
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-07.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/568153 US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1109.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35274
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35295
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-161A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1547 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

CVEs and Techniques used PDF as an attack vector.

Updated: 4 days, 23 hours ago
84 stars 21 fork 21 watcher
Born at : June 22, 2022, 6:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 701 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-1861 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-1861 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00000.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34580
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35496
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35655
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35734
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-06.xml
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1022361
    Added Reference http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-07.html
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/568153
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1109.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35274
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35295
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-161A.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1547
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 12, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

7.94 }} -12.33%

score

0.91247

percentile

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