Summary
The host is installed with Adobe Reader
and is prone to unspecified Out-of-bounds error vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow
context-dependent attacker to cause a crash or potentially disclose memory contents.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
No solution or patch is available as of
3rd February, 2015. Information regarding this issue will be updated once the solution details are available. For updates refer, http://www.adobe.com/in/products/reader.html
Insight
The error exists due to an out-of-bounds
read flaw in CoolType.dll
Affected
Adobe Reader 10.x through 10.1.13 and
Adobe Reader 11.x through 11.0.10 on on Mac OS X.
Detection
Get the installed version with the help
of detect NVT and check the version is vulnerable or not.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2014-9161 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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