Secunia Advisory SA40766Adobe Reader/Acrobat Font Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability
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Description
Charlie Miller has discovered a vulnerability in Adobe Reader / Acrobat, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow error in CoolType.dll when parsing the "maxCompositePoints" field value in the "maxp" (Maximum Profile) table of a TrueType font. This can be exploited to corrupt memory via a PDF file containing a specially crafted TrueType font. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability is confirmed in Adobe Reader versions 8.2.3 and 9.3.3 and Adobe Acrobat version 9.3.3. Other versions may also be affected. Solution Provided and/or discovered by Deep Links Do you have additional information related to this advisory?Please provide information about patches, mitigating factors, new versions, exploits, faulty patches, links, and other relevant data by posting comments to this Advisory. You can also send this information to vuln@secunia.com
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