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.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reader | Adobe | 8.1.4 (including) | 8.1.4 (including) |
| Reader | Adobe | 9.1 (including) | 9.1 (including) |
| Extras for RHEL 3 | RedHat | acroread-0:8.1.5-2 | * |
| Extras for RHEL 4 | RedHat | acroread-0:8.1.5-1.el4 | * |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RedHat | acroread-0:8.1.5-1.el5 | * |
| Acroread | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Acroread | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Acroread | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
| Acroread | Ubuntu | intrepid | * |
| Acroread | Ubuntu | jaunty | * |
| Acroread | Ubuntu | karmic | * |