VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-1493

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability21.83%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-04-30
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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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