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title: "CVE-2009-1855\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-1855

Publication date 11 June 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 7 and Acrobat 7 before 7.1.3,
Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8 before 8.1.6, and Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9
before 9.1.2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file
containing a malformed U3D model file with a crafted extension block.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| acroread | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 9.2-1karmic1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 9.1.2-3jaunty1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 9.1.2-3intrepid1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 9.1.2-0hardy3 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1855)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1855)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-1855)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1855)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1855>