CVE-2008-4817

N/A Unknown

Published: November 05, 2008 Modified: April 23, 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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=756

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/49541

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/32700

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/32872

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html