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Buffer overflow Adobe Reader v9 and earlier

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Old 02-21-2009
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Buffer overflow Adobe Reader v9 and earlier

A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 and earlier versions. This vulnerability would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that this issue is being exploited.

Release date: February 19, 2009

Vulnerability identifier: APSA09-01

CVE number: CVE-2009-0658

Platform: All platforms

see apsa09-01.html

an alternative (for Windows & Linux; no OS X) to Adobe Reader is Foxit
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