ZDI-10-071: Adobe Reader TrueType Font Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-10-071: Adobe Reader TrueType Font Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-071
April 13, 2010

– CVE ID:
CVE-2010-0195

– Affected Vendors:
Adobe

– Affected Products:
Adobe Reader

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– Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Adobe's Acrobat Reader. User interaction is
required in that the victim must be coerced into opening a malicious
document or visiting a malicious URL.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of embedded fonts inside a
PDF document. Upon parsing particular tables out of a font file the
application will miscalculate an index used for seeking into a buffer.
Later the application will begin to copy data into the calculated
pointer corrupting the referenced data structure. Successful
exploitation will lead to code execution under the context of the
application.

– Vendor Response:
Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-09.html

– Disclosure Timeline:
2010-02-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2010-04-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory

– Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by:
* Anonymous

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