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CVE-2009-1493

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2009-04-30 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelAdobe Reader

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References