Adobe Acrobat and Reader NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	43737
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2010-3630
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 05 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 19 2015 08:48AM
Credit:	Brett Gervasoni of Sense of Security
Vulnerable:	SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 SuSE openSUSE 11.3 SuSE Moblin 2.1 SuSE Moblin 2.0 S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.2 S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1 RedHat Enterprise Linux WS Extras 4 RedHat Enterprise Linux Extras 4 RedHat Enterprise Linux ES Extras 4 RedHat Enterprise Linux AS Extras 4 RedHat Desktop Extras 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 server Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 5 client Gentoo Linux Adobe Reader 9.3.4 Adobe Reader 9.3.3 Adobe Reader 9.3.2 Adobe Reader 9.3.1 Adobe Reader 9.1.3 Adobe Reader 9.1.2 Adobe Reader 9.1.1 Adobe Reader 8.2.4 Adobe Reader 8.2.3 Adobe Reader 8.2.2 Adobe Reader 8.2.1 Adobe Reader 8.1.7 Adobe Reader 8.1.6 Adobe Reader 8.1.5 Adobe Reader 8.1.4 Adobe Reader 8.1.3 Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Adobe Reader 8.1.1 Adobe Reader 7.1.4 Adobe Reader 7.1.3 Adobe Reader 7.1.2 Adobe Reader 7.1.1 Adobe Reader 7.0.9 Adobe Reader 7.0.8 Adobe Reader 7.0.7 Adobe Reader 7.0.6 Adobe Reader 7.0.5 Adobe Reader 7.0.4 Adobe Reader 7.0.3 Adobe Reader 7.0.2 Adobe Reader 7.0.1 Adobe Reader 7.0 Adobe Reader 9.3 Adobe Reader 9.2 Adobe Reader 9.1 Adobe Reader 9 Adobe Reader 8.2 Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Security Updat Adobe Reader 8.1 Adobe Reader 8.0 Adobe Reader 7.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.3.4 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.3.3 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.3.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.3.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.2.4 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.2.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.2.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.7 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.6 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.4 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.1.4 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.1.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.8 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.7 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.6 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.5 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.4 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.3 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.3 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.2 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.0 Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.3.4 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.3.3 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.3.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.3.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.2.4 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.2.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.2.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.7 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.6 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.4 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.1.4 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.1.3 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.1.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.9 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.8 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.7 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.6 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.5 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.4 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.3 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.3 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.2 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.2 Security Updat Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.1 Adobe Acrobat 9.3.3 Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2 Adobe Acrobat 9.3.1 Adobe Acrobat 9.1.1 Adobe Acrobat 8.2.4 Adobe Acrobat 8.2.4 Adobe Acrobat 8.2.3 Adobe Acrobat 8.2.2 Adobe Acrobat 8.1.8 Adobe Acrobat 7.1.2 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.9 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.3 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.2 Adobe Acrobat 7.0.1 Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Adobe Acrobat 9.3 Adobe Acrobat 9.2
Not Vulnerable:	SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP3 SuSE openSUSE 11.3 S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.2 S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1 Adobe Reader 8.2.5 Adobe Reader 9.4 Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.2.5 Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.4 Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.2.5 Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.4 Adobe Acrobat 8.2.5 Adobe Acrobat 9.4

Adobe Acrobat and Reader NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Adobe Acrobat and Reader are prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability due to a NULL-pointer dereference error.

Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users. Arbitrary code-execution may be possible; however this has not been confirmed.

Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions prior to and including 9.3.4 and 8.2.4 are affected.

Adobe Acrobat and Reader NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by tricking an unsuspecting victim into opening a malicious PDF file.

The reporter indicates that proof-of-concept PDF files have been created; these files are not known to be publicly available or circulating in the wild.

Adobe Acrobat and Reader NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

Adobe Acrobat and Reader NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Adobe Homepage (Adobe)
  
• Adobe Reader 9.3.4 Memory Corruption (Sense of Security)
  
• Adobe Reader 9.3.4 Multiple Memory Corruption - Security Advisory - SOS-10-003 (Sense of Security )
  
• APSB10-21 Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat (Adobe)