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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2009-3459

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2009-3459

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/13/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in October 2009. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-acroread
  • suse-upgrade-acroread_ja

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