CVE-2008-2992: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03
EPSS: 99.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

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.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat for Edge: through 8.1.2
Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 8.1.2
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 10

References

http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
http://osvdb.org/49520
http://secunia.com/advisories/29773
http://secunia.com/advisories/32700
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
http://secunia.com/advisories/35163
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-14/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4549
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

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