CVE-2009-3431 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023007 http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35148 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286B.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2898 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A6532