58918 : Adobe Acrobat Image Decoder Unspecified Input Validation Issue
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-10-13

Description

Adobe Acrobat contains a flaw that is triggered when an unspecified error occurs in the image decoder during the validation of unspecified input. No further details have been provided.

Classification

Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade to version 9.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Adobe Systems Incorporated	Acrobat	9.1.3
	Adobe Reader	9.1.3
		8.1.6
		7.1.3

References

Security Tracker: 1023007
CVE ID: 2009-2984 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 36638
Secunia Advisory ID: 37247
Related OSVDB ID: 58906 58907 58908 58909 58910 58911 58912 58913 58914 58915 58916 58917 58919 58920 58921 58922 58923 58924 58925 58926 58927 58928 58929
Other Advisory URL: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270669-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898
Vendor URL: http://www.adobe.com/
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
News Article: http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220600883
CERT: TA09-286B

Tools & Filters

	42119

Credit

Tavis Ormandy - Google Security Team

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-10-20 | Disagree?

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