Title: Adobe Acrobat / Reader / Business Tools Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
Adobe Acrobat/Reader/Business Tools for Windows (Macintosh and Unix versions are not affected) does not properly handle PDF files with excessively long /Registry and /Ordering string arguments, which are located in the font CDI system information. Depending on the data entered into the strings, the application will crash or execution of arbitrary code would be made possible when opening a malicious PDF file.
Affected Products:
- Adobe Acrobat 3.0.0
- Adobe Acrobat 4.0.0
- Adobe Acrobat 4.0.0 5
- Adobe Acrobat Business Tools 4.0.0
- Adobe Acrobat Business Tools 4.0.0 5
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0.0 5
References:
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