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Adobe Reader Denial of Service Vulnerability (May09)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Adobe Reader and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
These flaws are due to a memory corruption errors in 'customDictionaryOpen' and 'getAnnots' methods in the JavaScript API while processing malicious PDF files with a long string in the second argument.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Adobe Reader version 9.1 and prior on Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade Adobe Reader version 9.3.2 or later.