CVE-2008-4813

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 17.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that (1) performs unspecified actions on a Collab object that trigger memory corruption, related to a GetCosObj method; or (2) contains a malformed PDF object that triggers memory corruption during parsing.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat for Edge: through 8.1.2; 8.1.1, 8.1.1-unknown
Adobe Acrobat Reader: through 8.0

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://securityreason.com/securityalert/4564
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801
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/archive/1/498056/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498057/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32100

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