Adobe Acrobat Reader up to 8.2.4 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Acrobat Reader and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2011-0603. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Acrobat Reader (Document Reader Software). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.2, and 8.x before 8.2.6 on Windows and Mac OS X allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0566 and CVE-2011-0567.

The weakness was released 02/10/2011 by Will Dormann with CERT (Website). The advisory is available at adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-0603 since 01/19/2011. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51924 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.0.1 / 9.4.2 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-03)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118995 (Red Hat Update for Acroread (RHSA-2011:0301)).

Upgrading to version 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (51924), SecurityFocus (BID 46222†), Secunia (SA43470†), SecurityTracker (ID 1025033†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29702†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-56469, VDB-56468, VDB-56467 and VDB-56465. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 51924
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.0.1 / 9.4.2 / 8.2.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-03)
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OpenVAS ID: 801844
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Vulnerabilities February-2011 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat Reader 9.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0301
Researcher: Will Dormann
Organization: CERT
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-0603 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0603
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56466

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X-Force: 65306
SecurityFocus: 46222 - Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE-2011-0603 Image Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 43470
SecurityTracker: 1025033
Vulnerability Center: 29702 - [APSB11-03] Adobe Acrobat and Reader Prior to 9.4.2 and 10.0.1 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2011-0337

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 01/18/2025 22:35
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (67), 10/17/2018 08:52 (13), 10/17/2021 01:06 (4), 10/17/2021 01:14 (1), 01/18/2025 22:35 (17)
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