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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-4324: Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-4324: Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/14/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
06/09/2022

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Doc.media.newPlayer method in Multimedia.api in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file using ZLib compressed streams, as exploited in the wild in December 2009.

Solution(s)

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

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