CVE-2008-2992
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerability
- Published
- Nov 4, 2008
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Nov 5, 2008
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.9%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that calls the util.printf JavaScript function with a crafted format string argument, a related issue to CVE-2008-1104.
Sources
5Writeup och POC för CVE-2008-2992
Elazar · windows · Nov 5, 2008
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