CVE-2008-4812
N/A
Published: November 5, 2008 at 02:51 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAcrobat ReaderAcrobat
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 11%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 8.0
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (16)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
Source: [email protected]
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=755Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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