Stack consumption vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3, 9.1.2, 9.1.1, and earlier 9.x versions; 8.1.6 and earlier 8.x versions; and possibly 7.1.4 and earlier 7.x versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF file with a large number of [ (open square bracket) characters in the argument to the alert method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html | third party advisory us government resource |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007 | vdb entry |
| http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6532 | vdb entry signature |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898 | vdb entry vendor advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35148 | vdb entry exploit |