CVE-2010-1241

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2010-03-23
Bugzilla:
579213: CVE-2010-1241 Acroread: Heap-based overflow by opening a specially-crafted PDF file (FG-VD-10-005)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the custom heap management system in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.2, and 8.x before 8.2.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document, aka FG-VD-10-005.

Find out more about CVE-2010-1241 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-2010:0349 2010-04-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (acroread) RHSA-2010:0349 2010-04-14

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