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CVE-2012-0775: Adobe Acrobat: Memory corruption

CVE-2012-0775 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Adobe Acrobat, along with 1 other product in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

The JavaScript implementation in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.1 and 10.x before 10.1.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Underlying weakness

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat: 10.0; 10.0.1; 10.0.2; 10.0.3; 10.1; 10.1.1; 10.1.2; 9.0; 9.1; 9.1.1; 9.1.2; 9.1.3
Adobe Acrobat Reader: 9.0; 9.1; 9.1.1; 9.1.2; 9.1.3; 9.2; 9.3; 9.3.1; 9.3.2; 9.3.3; 9.3.4; 9.4