Is CVE-2009-0658 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-0658 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0658?

CVE-2009-0658 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-0658

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 87.8%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 87.8% (100th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-0661)
Published: February 20, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0661 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

adobe / acrobat
adobe / acrobat
adobe / acrobat reader
adobe / acrobat reader

References

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=5902(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00005.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://osvdb.org/52073(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33901(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34392(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34490(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34706(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34790(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-17.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-256788-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-01.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/905281(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0376.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33751(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021739(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Calendar.20090219(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-021212-5523-99&tabid=2(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-051A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0472(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1019(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48825(VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5697(Tool Signature)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8090(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8099(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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