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CVE-2009-1493

Date: April 30, 2009

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 Score

5.6

Related Resources (29)

Url: http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/04/update_on_adobe_reader_issue.html

Url: http://osvdb.org/54129

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1493

Url: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133B.html

Url: http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=926953

Url: http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0904-exploits/spell.txt

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-1493

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259028-1

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34740

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35096

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8570

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022139

Url: http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/05/adobe_reader_issue_update.html

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-06.xml

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00001.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35358

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35734

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35416

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/34924

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0478.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1189

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35152

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35055

Url: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-06.html

Url: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970180

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50146

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1317

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-1493

Severity Score

5.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2009-1493

Date: April 30, 2009

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