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    CVE-2008-2549

    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.

    Published:May 29, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jun 4, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.71855
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Adobe
    Product
    Acrobat Reader
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Extras

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5687

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-81989 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …
    CVE-2026-81991 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive m…
    CVE-2026-81980 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code executi…
    CVE-2026-81987 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability that could result in arbitrary c…
    CVE-2026-79909 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in …
    CVE-2026-81977 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) vulnerability that could lead to discl…
    CVE-2026-81994 (CVSS 8.2) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype…
    CVE-2026-81979 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code executi…
    CVE-2026-81992 (CVSS 7.8) — Acrobat Reader is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code e…
    CVE-2026-81978 (CVSS 5.5) — Acrobat Reader is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive m…

    References

    http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32700
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35163
    http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801
    http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29420
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42886
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5687
    http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32700
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35163
    http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=800801
    http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=909609
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
    http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29420
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42886
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5687

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High