CVE-2008-2992
High · 7.8 CISA KEV · ransomwareCVSS
7.8
EPSS
99.8%
Published
Nov 4, 2008
CISA due date
Mar 24, 2022
The record
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file that calls the util.printf JavaScript function with a crafted format string argument, a related issue to CVE-2008-1104.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:3 | acroread | 0 | 0:8.1.3-1 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:3 | acroread-plugin | 0 | 0:8.1.3-1 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | acroread | 0 | 0:8.1.3-1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | acroread-plugin | 0 | 0:8.1.3-1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | acroread | 0 | 0:8.1.3-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | acroread-plugin | 0 | 0:8.1.3-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server | acroread | 0 | 0:8.1.3-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server | acroread-plugin | 0 | 0:8.1.3-1.el5 |
Related vulnerabilities
- CVE-2009-2994 Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x… Also affects acroread
- CVE-2009-2983 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and possibly 7.x through 7.1.4… Also affects acroread
- CVE-2009-2990 Array index error in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.2, 8.x before 8.1.7, and… Also affects acroread
- CVE-2009-2998 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 do not… Also affects acroread
- CVE-2009-3458 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 do not… Also affects acroread
- CVE-2009-3459 Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before… Also affects acroread
- CVE-2009-3431 Stack consumption vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3, 9.1.2, 9.1.1, and… Also affects acroread
- CVE-2009-1855 Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 7 and Acrobat 7 before 7.1.3, Adobe Reader 8… Also affects acroread