FKIE_CVE-2009-1492
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-04-30 20:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:07
Severity
Summary
The getAnnots Doc method in the JavaScript API in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1, 8.1.4, 7.1.1, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that contains an annotation, and has an OpenAction entry with JavaScript code that calls this method with crafted integer arguments.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe | acrobat | * | |
| adobe | acrobat | * | |
| adobe | acrobat | * | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | * | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | * | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | * |
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