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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2010-2883: Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2010-2883: Adobe Reader: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/09/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
06/09/2022

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in CoolType.dll in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4, and 8.x before 8.2.5 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF document with a long field in a Smart INdependent Glyphlets (SING) table in a TTF font, as exploited in the wild in September 2010. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Solution(s)

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

References

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