First published: Fri Sep 25 2009(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =9 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.9 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.6 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.2 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.4 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =9.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.4 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.5 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.6 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.2 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.3 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.1.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =9.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.8 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.8 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.1.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.5 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =9.1.3 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =9.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.6 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.7 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =9.1.2 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.5 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.3 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.4 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.6 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =9 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.5 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.3 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.2 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =9.1.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.3 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =9.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.7 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.2 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.2 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.1.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.4 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.7 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.4 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.2 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.9 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.8 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.5 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.4 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.7 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.3 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.1.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.4 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =9.0.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.3 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.9 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.2-security_update | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.8 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.2 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.2 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.3 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.2-security_update | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.3 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =9.0 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.4 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.1 | |
Adobe Acrobat Reader | =7.0.8 |
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CVE-2009-3431 has a severity rating that indicates a denial of service vulnerability that can lead to application crashes.
To fix CVE-2009-3431, users should update Adobe Reader and Acrobat to the latest available version.
CVE-2009-3431 affects Adobe Reader versions 9.x, 8.x, and potentially 7.x.
The impact of CVE-2009-3431 is the potential for application crashes caused by specially crafted PDF files.
Yes, CVE-2009-3431 can be exploited remotely through the opening of malicious PDF files.