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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-04-30T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:13:25.583Z

Reserved: 2009-04-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-1493

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2009-04-30T20:30:00.687

Modified: 2024-05-17T17:21:44.073

Link: CVE-2009-1493

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2009-04-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-1493 - Bugzilla