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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-4813: Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-4813: Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/05/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that (1) performs unspecified actions on a Collab object that trigger memory corruption, related to a GetCosObj method; or (2) contains a malformed PDF object that triggers memory corruption during parsing.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-text-acroread

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