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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-1862: Adobe products: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-1862: Adobe products: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/23/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
06/09/2022

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2, and Adobe Flash Player 9.x through 9.0.159.0 and 10.x through 10.0.22.87, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via (1) a crafted Flash application in a .pdf file or (2) a crafted .swf file, related to authplay.dll, as exploited in the wild in July 2009.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-text-acroread
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-plugins-adobe-flash

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