CVE-2009-1493 (GCVE-0-2009-1493)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-04-30 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:13
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34740 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/05/adobe_reader… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTND… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/35734 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133B.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8570 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1189 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/a… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/04/update_on_ad… x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0904-exploit… x_refsource_MISC
http://osvdb.org/54129 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-06.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34924 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1317 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022139 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/35358 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/35055 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970180 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-04… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/35096 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/35152 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.