CVE-2008-4817

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.4% 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-20

Description

The Download Manager in Adobe Acrobat Professional and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that calls an AcroJS function with a long string argument, triggering heap corruption.

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://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=756
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
http://osvdb.org/49541
http://secunia.com/advisories/32700
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098

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