FKIE_CVE-2008-2549
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-06-04 19:32 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:53
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe | acrobat_reader | * | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 3.0 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 4.0 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 4.0.5 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 4.5 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 5.0 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 5.0.5 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 5.0.6 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 5.0.7 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 5.0.9 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 5.0.10 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 5.0.11 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 5.1 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 6.0 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 6.0.1 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 6.0.2 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 6.0.3 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 6.0.4 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 6.0.5 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 7.0 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 7.0.1 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 7.0.2 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 7.0.3 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 7.0.4 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 7.0.5 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 7.0.6 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 7.0.7 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 7.0.8 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 7.0.9 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 8.0 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 8.1 | |
| adobe | acrobat_reader | 8.1.1 |
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