CVE-2009-3431

Medium

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3, 9.1.2, 9.1.1, and earlier 9.x versions; 8.1.6 and earlier 8.x versions; and possibly 7.1.4 and earlier 7.x versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF file with a large number of [ (open square bracket) characters in the argument to the alert method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductAdobe Acrobat
PublishedSep 25, 2009
First seenSep 25, 2009

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
adobe acrobat7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.1, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 8.0, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 9, 9.0, 9.0.0, 9.1—
adobe acrobat_reader7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.1, 7.1.1, 8.0, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.1.5, 9, 9.1, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3—

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