Null pointer dereference in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat - CVE-2009-3957

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1396

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2009-3957

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Adobe

Affected software:
Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS conditions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can trigger the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service of the vulnerable application.

Update Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 8.1.7 or earlier to version 8.2.
Update Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9.2 or earlier to version 9.3.

http://get.adobe.com/reader
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=158&platform=Windows
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=112&platform=Windows
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Macintosh

• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html