CVE-2008-1104
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 22.7%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in Foxit Reader before 2.3 build 2912 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, related to the util.printf JavaScript function and floating point specifiers in format strings.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 22.7% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1113)
- Published
- May 21, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1113 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- foxitsoftware / foxit reader
- foxitsoftware / foxit reader
- foxitsoftware / foxit reader
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29941
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-18/advisory/
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3899(Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801(Broken Link)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/119747(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492289/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29288(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020050(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1572(Permissions Required)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42531
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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