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CVE-2008-4812
Array index error in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, and the Explorer extension (aka AcroRd32Info), 8.1.2, 8.1.1, and earlier allows remote…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 11.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.0% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- 32700 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- adobe-acrobatreader-type1font-code-execution(46332) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 32100 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 35163 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 249366 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 32872 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20081104 Adobe Reader Embedded Font Handling Out of Bounds Array Indexing Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0098 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA08-309A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1021140 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0974 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4791 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-4812)Record last updated .