Adobe Acrobat up to 10.1 CoolType.dll memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Adobe Acrobat. Impacted is an unknown function in the library CoolType.dll. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-2441. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Adobe Acrobat (Document Reader Software). This affects an unknown code in the library CoolType.dll. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in CoolType.dll in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x before 8.3.1, 9.x before 9.4.6, and 10.x before 10.1.1 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 09/15/2011 with Adobe (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-2441 since 06/06/2011. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56197 (Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.1 / 9.4.6 / 8.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-21, APSB11-24)), 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 119594 (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSB11-24)).

Upgrading to version 9.4.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 24068.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (56197), SecurityFocus (BID 49520†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33229†). See VDB-4415, VDB-59957, VDB-58504 and VDB-58502 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 56197
Nessus Name: Adobe Acrobat < 10.1.1 / 9.4.6 / 8.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-21, APSB11-24)
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OpenVAS ID: 70746
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: acroread9
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Acrobat 9.4.4
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06/06/2011 🔍
09/08/2011 +94 days 🔍
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11/20/2021 +2434 days 🔍

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Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Organization: Adobe
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CVE: CVE-2011-2441 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2441
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58503

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SecurityFocus: 49520 - RETIRED: Adobe Acrobat and Reader APSB11-24 Advance Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 33229 - [APSB11-24] Adobe Acrobat and Reader CoolType.dll Two Remote Stack Overflow Vulnerabilities, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/20/2021 08:14
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (72), 10/17/2018 08:58 (9), 11/20/2021 08:14 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:13A:103

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