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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T05:13:25.583Z
Reserved: 2009-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2009-1493
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Status : Modified
Published: 2009-04-30T20:30:00.687
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2009-1493
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