CVE-2009-1493

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…

published April 30, 2009

CVSS

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EPSS

22%

Percentile

97.6

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

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.

The record

Technical detail

CVSS: Not scored
CVSS v4.0: Not supplied
EPSS: 0.21826 · 97.6th percentile
Published: 2009-04-30T20:00Z

EPSS history

Timeline

30 APR 20:00Z
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…
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