CVE-2008-4812
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 11.0%EU EUVD
Array index error in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, and the Explorer extension (aka AcroRd32Info), 8.1.2, 8.1.1, and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers an out-of-bounds write, related to parsing of Type 1 fonts.
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-20
- EPSS score
- 11.0% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4791)
- Published
- November 5, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4791 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat
- adobe / acrobat reader
References
- http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=755
- 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(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32100
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46332
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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