Out-of-Bounds Affecting acroread-plugin package, versions <0:8.1.7-1.el5


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
21.98% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-ACROREADPLUGIN-9874909
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed13 Oct 2009

Introduced: 13 Oct 2009

CVE-2009-3431  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 acroread-plugin to version 0:8.1.7-1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2009:1499.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream acroread-plugin package and not the acroread-plugin package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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