CVE-2008-4817
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 11.4%EU EUVD
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.
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
- 11.4% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4796)
- 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-2008-4796 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
- adobe / download manager
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(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- 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(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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