CVE-2008-4817 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2008-4817?

CVE-2008-4817 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 5 Nov 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4817?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader.

How do I fix CVE-2008-4817?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2008-4817 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4817 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat

• CVE-2021-28550 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2021-21017 Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0546 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Sandbox Bypass Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0496 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-3346 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8

All Adobe Acrobat vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-768r-jccv-hcw3.