Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2009-2980

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Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader - CVE-2009-2980

Published: December 21, 2016 / Updated: March 16, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU2605
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2980
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to trigger DoS conditions and even execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to integer overflow when processing a malformed PDF file. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted .pdf file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system or cause denial of service with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service or arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Affected software

Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Reader
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop

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