gsd-2009-1493
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:19
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases
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"lastModifiedDate": "2017-09-29T01:34Z",
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