CVE-2009-1493

Description

The customDictionaryOpen spell method in the JavaScript API in Adobe Reader 9.1, 8.1.4, 7.1.1, and earlier on Linux and UNIX allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that triggers a call to this method with a long string in the second argument.

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References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Other references

• http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2009/04/update_on_adobe_reader_issue.html
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1493