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CVE-2008-2992
CWE-787
Critical
91.8
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
Description
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.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 7.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 98.48%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Mar 2022
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Published
- 4 Nov 2008
- Last modified 22 Apr 2026
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time