CVE-2009-2984

Published Oct 19, 2009

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the image decoder in Adobe Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4 and 8.x through 8.1.7, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
9.3
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Evaluator

Comment
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Impact
Per: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html This update resolves an image decoder issue that leads to a Denial of Service (DoS); arbitrary code execution has not been demonstrated, but may be possible. This issue is specific to Acrobat and does not affect Adobe Reader. (CVE-2009-2984). NOTE: this issue is resolved in the Acrobat 9.2 update.
Solution
Per: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html This update resolves an image decoder issue that leads to a Denial of Service (DoS); arbitrary code execution has not been demonstrated, but may be possible. This issue is specific to Acrobat and does not affect Adobe Reader. (CVE-2009-2984). NOTE: this issue is resolved in the Acrobat 9.2 update.

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