Upstream information

CVE-2009-1493 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.8
Vector 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
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 499097 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:


Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 acroread Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 acroread Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 acroread Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 acroread Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 acroread Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 06:47:43 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:32:33 2023