CVE-2008-4817

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The Download Manager in Adobe Acrobat Professional and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that calls an AcroJS function with a long string argument, triggering heap corruption.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 5, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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