National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3955

Overview

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3, and 8.x before 8.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPC_MS_RGN marker in the Jp2c stream of a JpxDecode encoded data stream, which triggers an integer sign extension that bypasses a sanity check, leading to memory corruption.

Description

Per: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2009-3955).

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA10-013A

Name: TA10-013A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-013A.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-02.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554293

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554293

External Source: XF

Name: acrobat-reader-jpxdecode-code-exec(55553)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/55553

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0103

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0103

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023446

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023446

External Source: BID

Name: 37757

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37757

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2010:0060

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0060.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 38215

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/38215

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 38138

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/38138

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8255

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8255

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2010:008

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20100113 Adobe Reader and Acrobat JpxDecode Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=836

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8255

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8255