acroread: crash and possible code execution
Published Jun 4, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 52.62%
Description
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 and earlier, and before 7.1.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed PDF document, as demonstrated by 2008-HI2.pdf.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 8.1.2
- 3.0
- 4.0
- 4.0.5
- 4.5
- 5.0
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.6
- 5.0.7
- 5.0.9
- 5.0.10
- 5.0.11
- 5.1
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.4
- 6.0.5
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.2
- 7.0.3
- 7.0.4
- 7.0.5
- 7.0.6
- 7.0.7
- 7.0.8
- 7.0.9
- 8.0
- 8.1
- 8.1.1
No data.
Extras for RHEL 3
acroread-0:8.1.3-1
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0974
Extras for RHEL 4
acroread-0:8.1.3-1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0974
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
acroread-0:8.1.3-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0974
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extras for RHEL 3 | acroread-0:8.1.3-1 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0974 |
| Extras for RHEL 4 | acroread-0:8.1.3-1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0974 |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | acroread-0:8.1.3-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0974 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 52.62% (0.52617) | 98.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 52.62% (0.52617) | 98.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 41.25% (0.41251) | 98.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 25, 2025 | 71.86% (0.71855) | 98.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 59.50% (0.59505) | 98.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 1, 2025 | 25.19% (0.25186) | 96.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 32.65% (0.32653) | 97.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 29.78% (0.29784) | 97.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 19, 2024 | 29.47% (0.29474) | 96.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 30.45% (0.30454) | 96.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 30.73% (0.30729) | 96.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 72.63% (0.72633) | 99.25th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 72.63% (0.72633) | 99.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (21)
- http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32700 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32872 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35163 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29420 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2549 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450078 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42886 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2549
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2549
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5687 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.