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Credit:
The information has been provided by binaryproof.
The original article can be found at: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-296/
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Vulnerable Systems:
* Adobe Reader
User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the Adobe Image parsing library. When Adobe Reader tries to parse an malformed .BMP image containing Run Length Encoded data it fails to perform sufficient boundary checks on the data. The effect can be a heap buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution under the context of the current user.
Patch Availability:
Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-24.html
CVE Information:
CVE-2011-2438
Disclosure Timeline:
2011-05-12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2011-10-26 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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