CVE-2008-2549

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 52.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF document, as demonstrated by 2008-HI2.pdf.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 8.1.2; 3.0, 4.0, 4.0.5, 4.5, 5.0, 5.0.5 (+25)

References

http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32700
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
http://secunia.com/advisories/35163
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29420
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140

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