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CVE-2009-1857

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Description

Adobe Reader 7 and Acrobat 7 before 7.1.3, Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8 before 8.1.6, and Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 before 9.1.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a PDF document with a crafted TrueType font.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1547

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-161A.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35296

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35274

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504239/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1109.html

http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-25.html

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-07.html

http://securitytracker.com/id?1022361

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-06.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/35734

http://secunia.com/advisories/35685

http://secunia.com/advisories/35655

http://secunia.com/advisories/35496

http://secunia.com/advisories/34580

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-06-11

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.10184

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