Check Point Advisories

Adobe Reader And Acrobat PDF Memory Corruption (CVE-2009-1859)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-3558
Date Published: 26 Nov 2013
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Saturday 04 January, 2025
Source: CVE-2009-1859
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R75
Who is Vulnerable? Adobe Reader 7 and Acrobat 7 before 7.1.3
Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8 before 8.1.6
Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 before 9.1.2
Vulnerability Description A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: APSB09-07
Vulnerability DetailsThe vulnerability is due to insufficient boundary check when parsing the COD tag of an embedded JP2 file. A remote attacker can exploit this weakness by enticing the host to open a specially crafted PDF file with an embedded JP2 image. Successful exploitation could result in arbitrary code execution.

Protection Overview

The protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Reader And Acrobat PDF Memory Corruption protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Content Protection Violation
Attack Information: Adobe Reader And Acrobat PDF Memory Corruption

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