CVE-2009-1493

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2009-04-27
Bugzilla:
498322: CVE-2009-1492, CVE-2009-1493 acroread: multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader 8.1.4

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The customDictionaryOpen spell method in the JavaScript API in Adobe Reader 9.1, 8.1.4, 7.1.1, and earlier on Linux and UNIX allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that triggers a call to this method with a long string in the second argument.

Find out more about CVE-2009-1493 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (acroread) RHSA-2009:0478 2009-05-13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (acroread) RHSA-2009:0478 2009-05-13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras (acroread) RHSA-2009:0478 2009-05-13

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