CVE-1999-1576 (GCVE-0-1999-1576)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-04-21 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:18
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat ActiveX control (pdf.ocx, PDF.PdfCtrl.1) 1.3.188 for Acrobat Reader 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the pdf.setview method.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/25919 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/666 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/28719 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
1999-09-24 00:00
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