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CVE-2008-2992

High 7.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV) Used in ransomware campaigns

Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog

Name
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Input Validation Vulnerability
Added to catalog
Remediation due date (US federal)
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
7.8 (HIGH) Score source: NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
100% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
CWE
CWE-787

Affected products

adobe: acrobat; adobe: acrobat reader; oracle: solaris

References