Adobe Acrobat/Reader PDF Font Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
8
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
10/20/2000
07/25/2018
07/21/2005
06/20/2013
Description
Certain versions of Adobe Acrobat/Reader do not properly parse "/Registry" and "/Ordering" specifiers in the font section of PDF documents. As a result, a malicious attacker can construct a special PDF file which executes arbitrary code when opened by the user.
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