FKIE_CVE-2009-1493
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-04-30 20:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:07
Severity
Summary
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.
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